House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Rangel D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2008
- Committee actionApr 9, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 15, 2008 · 238–179
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 16, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5719.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5719, Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008” on April 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 9, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19627
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5719, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5719
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2329aaecb40cc19e36b792bf508597a433da457a090a847de73727c2e55df6b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5719, Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008” on April 14, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 9, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19627
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5719, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5719
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2329aaecb40cc19e36b792bf508597a433da457a090a847de73727c2e55df6b
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 110-584,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 110-584 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 14, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/584
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/584 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5719, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5719
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2329aaecb40cc19e36b792bf508597a433da457a090a847de73727c2e55df6b
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5719, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), John Hall (D-NY), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), John Lewis (D-GA), Tim Mahoney (D-FL), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.