Green Party nominee for President (Former Rep., D, GA-4)
Voted YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years.
Vote to pass a bill that would reduce taxes for married people by $399.2 billion over 10 years by doubling the couples' deduction and the child tax credit. Among other provisions, the bill would allow married couples filing jointly to claim a standard deduction equal to the deduction they would receive filing singly.
Reference: Bill sponsored by Weller, R-IL;
Bill HR 6
; vote number 2001-75
on Mar 29, 2001
Supported funding child care, child health, & child housing.
McKinney adopted the Women's Caucus policy agenda:
The teams of the Womens Caucus are charged with advancing action on their designated issues in a bipartisan manner. Legislation from Team 6. CHILDRENS ISSUES AND CHILD CARE:
HR206A bill to provide for greater access to child care services for Federal employees (Morella) [STATUS: enacted as part of the FY2000 Treasury-Postal Appropriations bill]
HR1112Kiddie MacA bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities and to establish the Childrens Development Commission to certify such facilities for such insurance, and for other purposes. (Maloney/Baker) STATUS: Hearing held, October 8, 1999
(bipartisan portions of) HR1139, the ACCESS Act on Child Care Affordability (Tauscher)A bill to expand the dependent care tax credit, to provide grants to business consortia,
and to establish a new Model States Early Learning Fund to support programs to improve early learning and the quality and safety of child care for children ages 0-5. (Tauscher)
HR2486Infant Crib Safety ActA bill to provide for infant crib safety. (Tauscher/Greenwood)
HR___ (not yet introduced)Give a Child a Chance Omnibus Mental Health BillA bill to place more mental health and student service personnel (school counselors, social workers, or psychologists, and a school nurse) in the schools. The bill also specifies which academic qualifications are necessary for such professionals to be hired. The mental health personnel in the schools would provide assessment for mental health disorders that may be exhibited by a student. For a student that might require more in-depth treatment for serious disorders, the mental health professional would refer those students to an outside professional, with the permission of a parent or guardian. (Jackson-Lee)
Source: Women's Caucus Agenda-106th Congress 99-WC9 on Jul 15, 1999