Table 1. Summary of legislative bills where sponsorship of the bill indicates either support for, or reduction of, economic inequality in the US.

Bill Name and Summary	Inequality	Sponsors
The Paying a Fair Share Act: Also known as the “Buffet Rule,” a minimum tax rate of 30% on all those who earn in excess of $1 million dollars annually	Reduce	72
Freedom to Invest Act: Provide businesses who earn profits overseas with a one-year fee-free ”tax holiday”	Support	109
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011: Eliminate the federal estate tax and provide a $5 million gift tax exemption	Support	217
Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012: Provides opportunity grants for low-income workforce investment	Reduce	59
Fair Minimum Wage Act: Raise the minimum wage to $9.80 within two years, to be increased afterwards according to inflation	Reduce	112
American Jobs Act: Create a $50 billion investment in public work and infrastructure projects	Reduce	100
Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act: Requires federally-funded water and sewage projects to use American-made materials	Reduce	39
Paycheck Fairness Act: Allows employees to share salary information with each other and prevent employer retaliation	Reduce	187
Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act: Notify government of overseas call center, ineligible for tax breaks	Reduce	138
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act: Makes permanent protection of the rights of tenants facing foreclosure	Reduce	24
Half in Ten Act: Creates a working group on poverty reduction which would be tasked with developing a 10-year plan to reduce poverty	Reduce	66
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act: Revises a law providing funding for low-income communities	Reduce	38
United States National Health Insurance Act: Provides free health insurance for medically necessary procedures paid for by tax hikes on wealthy	Reduce	71