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Trent Lott: Is there any difference? I thought you indicated on a couple of these--and I referred to the earlier Kennedy amendment…

On the recordApril 12, 2000
Is there any difference? I thought you indicated on a couple of these--and I referred to the earlier Kennedy amendment, which really is a major Medicaid change--you made it sound as if it might be relative to the marriage penalty tax.
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Trent Lott

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Questioning the relationship between Medicaid changes and the marriage penalty tax during a discussion.

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