,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #h  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the  
,,united ,,states  ,january #bb         
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,reid 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,durbin1  
,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4  
,lautenberg1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4       
,brown1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,sanders1    
,mrs4 ,boxer1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4    
,cardin1 ,mr4 ,coons1 and ,mr4 ,levin7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill       
,expressing the sense of the ,senate on 
the need to enact legislation to        
eliminate wasteful tax loopholes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,end ,wasteful ,tax ,loopholes ,act4
  #b4 ,sense of the ,senate on the      
elimination of tax loopholes ,it is the 
sense of the ,senate that ,congress     
should enact legislation to--  7#a7     
eliminate wasteful tax loopholes that   
create incentives for taxpayers to      
engage in transactions that have no     

economic substance solely to lower their
 tax bills2  7#b7 eliminate corporate   
tax loopholes and wasteful tax breaks   
for special interests2  7#c7 enhance tax
 fairness by reforming or eliminating   
tax breaks that provide excessive       
benefits to millionaires and            
billionaires2  7#d7 crack down on tax   
cheaters and close the tax gap2  7#e7   
use the revenue saved by curtailing tax 
loopholes to reduce the ,federal deficit
 and reform the ,federal tax code2  7#f7
 address provisions in the ,federal tax 
code that make it more profitable for   
companies to create jobs overseas than  
in the ,united ,states2 and  7#g7 reform
 the ,federal tax code in a manner that 
promotes job creation1 competitiveness1 
and economic growth in the ,united      
,states4