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On the recordJanuary 24, 2002
Is it not correct, then, your bill would have abolished the alternative minimum tax, a tax paid by corporations that otherwise have no Federal tax liability prospectively in the future?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning a bill regarding the alternative minimum tax during a debate.

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