Oppose this Bill!-Making Adoption Affordable Act of 2012 (H.R. 4373)

Making Adoption Affordable Act of 2012 (H.R. 4373) - GovTrack.us:

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112th Congress, 2011–2012

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the expansion of tax benefits for adoption enacted in 2001 and to permanently reinstate the expansion of tax benefits for adoption enacted in 2010.

Sponsor:

Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA1]

Status:

Referred to Committee

Bill titles and the summary above are written by the sponsor. H.R. stands for House bill.

Status:

Introduced	Apr 17, 2012
Referred to Committee	Apr 17, 2012
Reported by Committee	(not yet occurred)
Passed House	(not yet occurred)
Passed Senate	(not yet occurred)
Signed by the President	(not yet occurred)
This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on April 17, 2012, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

PROGNOSIS:

This bill has a 2% chance of being enacted. The following factors were considered:

The sponsor is a member of the minority party.(-2%)

There is at least one cosponsor from the majority party and one cosponsor outside of the majority party. (+2%)

3-5 cosponsors serve on a committee to which the bill has been referred. (+2%)

A cosponsor in the minority party has a high leadership score. (+3%)

Just 4% of all House bills in 2009–2010were enacted.

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