XXXX Voted for Private Vouchers. In 1997, XXXX voted for an amendment to create taxpayer-subsidized accounts to fund private school tuition. The amendment enabled “tax-free expenditures from an education individual retirement account for elementary and secondary school expenses and to adjust the modifications to the minimum tax.” [Vote 150, 6/27/97] XXXX Cast Crucial Vote for School Voucher Program Instead of Child Nutrition Programs. In 1997 XXXX cast a crucial vote for a school voucher program instead of child nutrition programs and new school construction. [Vote 89, 5/23/97] XXXX Voted For a 110% Tax Deduction for Contributions to Certain Charitable Organizations, Thus Giving a Tax Deduction Higher than Donation. In 1998, XXXX voted for an amendment that provides 110 percent deduction for cash contributions to elementary or secondary educational organizations who use contributions to provide scholarships to needy children attending grades K-12 whose family income does not exceed 185 percent of poverty level. [Vote 95, 4/23/98] EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS XXXX Voted to Allow Education Savings Accounts For Primary, Secondary Schools, Against Increasing Maximum Contributions To Accounts. In 2000, XXXX voted against allowing education savings accounts (ESAs) to be expanded beyond college for use for primary and secondary education. The bill also increased the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts from $500 to $2,000. The vote was on the Affordable Education Act of 1999. [Vote 33, 3/2/00] XXXX Voted to Expand Education Savings Accounts. In 2000, XXXX voted to make Education Savings Account, set to expire in 2004, permanent. The proposal also eliminated an estimated $5.5 billion worth of revenue- raising provisions that had been designed to help cover the ten-year cost of the measure, instead funding it out of the federal budget surplus. The amendment also made employer-provided educational assistance for undergraduate education permanently tax-exempt and extended the provision to graduate studies. [Vote 24, 3/2/00] XXXX Voted Against $5.5 Billion In Tax-Increase Offsets For New Education Savings Accounts Tax Breaks. In 2000, XXXX voted against $5.5 billion in tax-increase offsets to pay for new tax breaks for education savings accounts. The vote was on the Graham amendment to the Roth amendment to the Affordable Education Act of 1999. [Vote 23, 3/2/00] XXXX Voted to Make IRA’s Available for Public and Private Education. In 1998, XXXX voted to kill an amendment that strikes provision that makes IRA accounts available for public and private elementary and secondary education; and maintains increased contribution of $2,000 for higher education. [Vote 87, 4/21/98] XXXX Voted to Create Tax-Preferred Savings Accounts for Elementary Education Expenses, Including Private School Tuition. In 1998, XXXX voted to limiting debate on the bill to allow parents, relatives or outside corporations to contribute up to a combined total of $2,000 a year of after-tax funds in tax-free savings accounts designated for educational expenses. [Vote 46, 3/26/98] XXXX Voted to Create Tax-Preferred Savings Accounts for Elementary Education Expenses, Including Private School Tuition. In 1998, XXXX voted to limit debate on the bill to allow parents, relatives or outside corporations to contribute up to a combined total of $2,000 a year of after-tax funds in tax-free savings accounts designated for educational expenses. [Vote 38, 3/19/98] XXXX Voted to Create Tax-Preferred Savings Accounts for Elementary Education Expenses, Including Private School Tuition. In 1998, XXXX voted to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill to allow parents, relatives or outside corporations to contribute up to a combined total of $2,000 a year of after-tax funds in tax-free savings accounts designated for educational expenses. [Vote 34, 3/17/98] 64