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Charles Rangel: Yes, in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as…

On the recordMay 10, 2006
Yes, in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Rangel moves to recommit the conference report on the bill (H.R. 4297) to the committee of conference with instructions to the managers on the part of the House to report back on or before May 17, 2006, a new conference report which-- (1) includes the maximum amount of relief for individuals from the alternative minimum tax permitted within the scope of conference, (2) does not include any extension of the lower tax rate on dividends and capital gains that would otherwise terminate at the close of 2008, and (3) to the maximum extent possible within the scope of conference, will neither increase the Federal budget deficit nor increase the amount of the debt subject to the public debt limit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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