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Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the payment of dividends on the stock of cooperatives without reducing patronage dividends.

S. 785Introduced Apr 3, 2003Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Sen. Max Baucus D-MT
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 3, 2003 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4837)

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

16 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 7 Democrats

9 of 16 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.

Conrad Burns (R-MT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Larry Craig (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Pat Roberts (R-KS).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Max Baucus.

Sponsor’s state and district

Montana in Congress

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.