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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Permanent Sales Tax Deduction Act of 2005

H.R. 519Introduced Feb 2, 2005Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Brady R-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 2, 2005 — 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

73 cosponsors — 44 Republicans, 29 Democrats

29 of 73 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.

Brian Baird (D-WA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), James Cooper (D-TN), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Jim Davis (D-FL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Norman Dicks (D-WA), John Duncan (R-TN), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN) and 43 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-8 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.