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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Keep Small Businesses Profitable Act of 2006

H.R. 5583Introduced Jun 12, 2006Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Melissa Bean D-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Jun 12, 2006 — 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

20 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 19 Democrats

1 of 20 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

John Barrow (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Jim Marshall (D-GA), Brad Miller (D-NC), John Salazar (D-CO), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Curt Weldon (R-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Melissa Bean.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-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.