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Thomas Daschle: We would not agree to second-degree amendments. To ask for the details on top of all of that seems to me to be a real…

On the recordApril 12, 2000
We would not agree to second-degree amendments. To ask for the details on top of all of that seems to me to be a real stretch. I am sure that in good faith we can work through these amendments one by one. That is quite an acknowledgment on our part, a willingness to submit to the debate, 10 amendments, 1 hour equally divided on each of these, most of them directly relevant to marriage tax penalty, but in all cases certainly relevant to the debate about priorities of the money being spent.
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Discussing the process of debating amendments related to the marriage tax penalty.

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