On the recordJuly 29, 1998
I am, as are others, deeply concerned with that anomaly in the tax code known as the ``marriage penalty.'' I can think of no rational reason why two individuals--individuals who have vowed a lifelong commitment to each other through the sacred institution of marriage--should, in certain cases, have their combined income taxed at a higher rate than that of two unmarried persons. At a time of declining social values, it simply does not make sense for the Congress to sanction policies which clearly work to the detriment of family stability. However, despite this concern, I could not, in all good conscience, support the Daschle amendment for the most basic of reasons, namely, that Article I, section 7 of the Constitution of the United States requires that all revenue bills originate in the House of Representatives, not here in the Senate.
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