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Kay Bailey Hutchison: I can't imagine why the distinguished minority would object to morning business so Members from his side and Members…

On the recordApril 11, 2000
I can't imagine why the distinguished minority would object to morning business so Members from his side and Members from our side could talk until, hopefully, the majority and minority leader are able to come to an agreement on some kind of reasonable timetable so we can enact marriage tax penalty relief for the 21 million American couples who pay a penalty, who are going to be writing their checks to the U.S. Government this week, realizing they are paying $800, $1,000, $1,400 or more just because they are married and because the Tax Code clearly has an inequity that we have the ability to address.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the need for morning business to address the marriage tax penalty.

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