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On the recordMarch 25, 2010
I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide an inflation adjustment for the additional hospital insurance tax on high-income taxpayers) On page 94, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following: (2) Inflation adjustment.-- (A) FICA.--Paragraph (2) of section 3101(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 9015 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and amended by section 10906 of such Act and paragraph (1), is amended-- (i) by striking ``In addition'' and inserting the following: ``(A) In general.--In addition'', and (ii) by striking ``and which are in excess of'' and all that follows and inserting ``and which are in excess of-- ``(i) in the case of a joint return, $250,000, ``(ii) in the case of a married taxpayer (as defined in section 7703) filing a separate return, one-half the dollar amount determined under clause (i), and ``(iii) in any other case, $200,000.…
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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