I am glad the Senator reminded us that we had this morning penalty issues on the tobacco bill. The Senators who voted to table that tobacco bill had actually voted to table the marriage penalty then, did they not?
Discussing penalty issues related to the tobacco bill and marriage penalty during Senate debate.
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