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On the recordApril 6, 2011
Is it true that anyone can put the word ``tax'' in the title of a bill even though it has nothing to do with taxes? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's point has not been stated as a parliamentary inquiry.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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