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House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.

H.R. 595Introduced Jan 20, 1989Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Jan Meyers R-KS
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 20, 1989 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

113 cosponsors — 76 Republicans, 37 Democrats

39 of 113 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.

Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Steve Bartlett (R-TX), Helen Bentley (R-MD), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), William Broomfield (R-MI), Glen Browder (D-AL), George Brown (R-CO), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Albert Bustamante (D-TX), E. Coleman (R-MO), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), Larry Combest (R-TX), Silvio Conte (R-MA), James Courter (R-NJ), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Larry Craig (R-ID), George Crockett (D-MI), William Dannemeyer (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), David Dreier (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Mervyn Dymally (D-CA), Dennis Eckart (D-OH), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Ben Erdreich (D-AL), Mike Espy (D-MS) and 83 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jan Meyers.

Sponsor’s state and district

Kansas in Congress · KS-3 district

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.