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House vote: H.R. 4457 // June 12, 2014

America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014

Sponsor: PATRICK TIBERI (R-OH)

, leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property). Allow an inflation adjustment to the dollar amounts of the expensing allowance for taxable years beginning after 2014. Eliminates the exclusion of air conditioning and heating units as property eligible for the expensing allowance.

Taxation Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Nay

232 votes, representing 130,294,406 people53.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

180 votes, representing 101,291,454 people41.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon23253.2%
YeaLost18041.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.4%