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Trent Lott: “Let me say we are going to eliminate the marriage tax penalty this year. We are going to do it on this day, and this…”

On the recordApril 11, 2000
Let me say we are going to eliminate the marriage tax penalty this year. We are going to do it on this day, and this week, or we will do it later and we will do it with another procedure. We have talked about getting this done too long and haven't gotten it done. So we are going to come back to this one repeatedly this year.
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Trent Lott

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Discussing the urgency of addressing the marriage tax penalty legislation.

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