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        <text>Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Carter. Petition No: 111-2. (&lt;a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis2.htm"&gt;Discharge petition&lt;/a&gt; text with signatures.)</text>
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        <text>Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E770-776)</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]</fullName>
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        <state>GA</state>
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        <fullName>Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[On 3/31/2009, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on Ways and Means from consideration of H.R.735. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis2.htm">111-2</a>: text with signatures.)]]></text>
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        <updateDate>2009-02-17T21:41:16Z</updateDate>
        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Rangel Rule Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt any U.S. citizen who writes &quot;Rangel Rule&quot; on the top of the first page of his or her income tax return from interest on unpaid taxes, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Rangel Rule Act of 2009</title>
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        <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that penalties and interest will not be imposed on individuals who are citizens of the United States.</title>
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      <text>Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Carter. Petition No: 111-2. (&lt;a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis2.htm"&gt;Discharge petition&lt;/a&gt; text with signatures.)</text>
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