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On the recordJuly 19, 2000
I hope that he has the opportunity to finish his description here of what the difference is between the two approaches. I also say to my friend, this issue is not over. People can yell and scream and declare victory, but in our Government, I think the Senator would agree, we have something called the Constitution. This tiny little document here establishes three separate but equal branches of Government. One of those branches of Government is called the executive branch. He is going to veto this and then it is going to come back. Then the legislative branch is going to sustain that veto. Then they will have an opportunity, if they in good faith want to do something to help remove this marriage penalty tax, to work with the administration and the Democrats and come up with a compromise that would give true marriage penalty tax relief. In fact, what it would do is, instead of taking away three of the references where there is a penalty in our Tax Code, it would take care of all 67. Am I right, I say to my friend from Illinois?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the marriage penalty tax and the legislative process surrounding it.

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