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Don Young voted for dozens of tax increases Don Young pledged to oppose
all tax increases.
Yet he consistently votes to increase the tax burden on average
Alaskans, while supporting generous
tax cuts for Young draws widespread criticism from the leading fiscal watchdog groups. |
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Bill |
Don Young’s Action: |
Effect |
Date |
Status |
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Supported most national
debt increases since 1995 |
Imposed $4.3 trillion
worth of taxes on future generations, without their consent |
1995 to Present |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 330 |
Income tax increase
of 0.47% on the highest income brackets to fund the GI bill. |
5/15/08 |
Tax hike removed in
the Senate |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 22 |
Raise federal
cigarette tax from 39 cents to $1.00/pack, and impose an extreme tax on cigars.
The tax revenue would fund children’s health insurance. |
1/23/08 |
House vote failed to
override Veto |
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Voted No, Roll Call 1153 |
Eliminate a massive
loophole/tax
cut for hedge fund
managers. Use revenue to eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax,
which averages
$2,000 for 21 million middle income taxpayers. |
12/12/07 |
Passed in House |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 982 |
Raise federal
cigarette tax from 39 cents to $1.00/pack, and impose an extreme tax on cigars.
The tax revenue would fund children’s health insurance. |
10/18/07 |
House vote failed to
override Veto |
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Voted No, Roll Call 1081 |
Eliminate a massive
loophole/tax cut for hedge
fund managers. Use revenue to eliminate the Alternative Minimum
Tax, which averages
$2,000 for 21 million middle income taxpayers. Revenue increase $78
billion over 10 years. |
11/9/07 |
Passed into Law |
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FAA Reauthorization
Act, increase tax on aviation grade kerosene to 35.9 cents/gallon, and
aviation gas to 24.1 cents/gallon, increase fee that local
airports impose on passengers from $4.50 to $7
per segment flown. |
9/20/07 |
Passed House |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 445 |
Energy Bill, 0.1 cent
per gallon fuel tax for leaking underground storage tanks |
7/28/05 |
Passed into Law |
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H.R. 3087
(Interim bill) |
Sponsor,
Voted Yes,
Roll Call 453 Sponsor,
Voice Vote, |
Transportation Equity
Act – Young advocated various gas tax increases of 15 cents/gallon,
5.45 cents/gallon,
and 5
cents/gallon. He later abandoned
gas tax hikes – but only for a while….. In the distant past,
Young voted: a) against
the 4.3 cent/gallon gas tax increase in 1993, b) to repeal the 1993 gas tax
increase, and c) against the 1982 gas
tax increase |
7/29/05 & 9/24/03 |
Passed into Law, gas
tax not changed. |
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Impose national
sales tax in lieu of the federal income tax. The tax on every dollar
spent is estimated to be between 23 and 34 cents. This bill increases
the tax burden on income levels below $100,000/year, while creating
the largest entitlement program in history |
4/30/03 |
Died in House Committee |
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Allow the federal
government to collect state cigarette and gas taxes on Indian reservations |
8/2/01 |
Died in Resources Committee |
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Voted Yes, Roll Calls 209 and
48 |
Increase the cap on
fees that local airports impose on passengers to $4, with an additional
$3 fee allowed for local surface transportation. |
6/15/99 & 3/15/00 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Calls 98 and
192 |
Surface Transfer Revenue
Act of 1998 – Extend gas and diesel taxes for 6 years. |
4/1/98 & 5/22/98 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 245 |
Taxpayers Relief Act of 1997, among its provisions:
$6 special tax on airline tickets between |
6/26/97 |
Passed into law |
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The Senate increased
the 24 cent per pack cigarette tax to 39 cents. Young supported this
bill and the conference committee that added the tax increase, however
he missed the final vote. |
6/25/97 and 7/10/97 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 25 |
Telecommunications Act
of 1996 (aka the “Gore
Tax”) $2.25
billion/year e-tax on telephone service. Prohibits tax from being
itemized on phone bills. |
2/1/96 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 812 |
Violate Alaska
Statehood Act by reducing |
11/17/95 |
Passed House and Senate,
Vetoed by the President |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 474 |
Energy Policy Act of
1992, Increased tax
on ozone depleting chemicals, increased IRS withholding on gambling
winnings from 20% to 28%, and extended 10% tax on coal. |
10/5/92 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 440 |
Four year extension of
excise taxes on gasoline, diesel, tires, and heavy trucks that were
otherwise going to expire |
11/27/91 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 302 |
Authorize local airports
to impose
a charge of up to $12 per passenger. |
8/2/90 |
Passed in House, died
in Senate |
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Voted No, Roll Call 301 |
Delete authorization
for local airports to impose a charge on every passenger under H.R.
5170 |
8/2/90 |
Amendment defeated |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call
379 CR 9623 |
Imposes 5 cent/barrel
tax on crude arriving at refineries. |
11/21/89 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted *, Roll calls
281 & 164 |
Medicare Catastrophic
Coverage Act 1988 – Income tax surcharge
of $22.50 for each $150 of federal income tax liability |
7/22/87 & 6/2/88 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Calls
12 and 34 |
Extended excise
tax on fuel for 5 years, rather than allow it to expire as called for
in prior legislation |
1/21/87 & 3/18/87 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted *, Roll Call 392
& 508 |
OBRA 1987 - Increase
BATF Fees, limit deductibility of home equity loans to $100,000, imposed
tax on vaccines: $4.56 for diphtheria, pertussis,
& tetanus; $0.06 for diphtheria or tetanus; $4.44 for measles, mumps,
or rubella; and $0.29 for polio. |
10/29/87 & 12/21/87 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted *, Roll Calls
406 and 488 |
Imposed excise tax on
goods loaded
or unloaded at harbors – 0.04% of the value |
11/13/85 and 10/17/86 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call
470 |
The tax rate for the
lowest paid workers would increase from 11%
to 15%. Tax rates for the highest wage earners would be lowered
from 50% to 37%. The corporate
tax rate would have been reduced from 46% to a range of 15% to 33%.
The average corporate tax rate would have been 25%. Amendment
to H.R.
3838. |
12/17/85 |
Amendment failed. These
taxes passed with minor changes under H.R. 3838, which Young opposed.
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Voted *, Roll Call 383 |
COBRA
1985 - Extend health coverage for workers losing jobs, permanently extends
an earlier 16 cent/pack cigarette tax increase, impose new excise tax
on smokeless tobacco, and increase coal excise tax 10%. |
10/31/85 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Calls
272 |
Deficit Reduction Act
of 1984 – 18% increase in the distilled spirits excise tax, extended
telephone excise tax. Extend 22% excise tax on new crude discoveries,
10% tax on sport fishing equipment, increases 9 cent/gallon tax on diesel
fuel to 15 cents/gallon |
6/27/84 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call
367 |
Increase coal tax from
50 cents/ton to $1/ton for coal mined underground, and from 25 to 50
cents/ton for surface mined coal. |
12/16/81 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call
849 |
Surface Transportation
Assistance Act - Extended excise
tax on fuel for 5 years, rather than allow it to expire as called for
in prior legislation |
9/28/78 |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call
814 |
Extended excise
tax on fuel for 5 years, rather than allow it to expire as called for
in earlier legislation |
12/18/75 |
Passed into Law |
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| * Data incomplete; this is a work in progress. Visit often to review Don Young voting patterns as our research is further developed. |
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