[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4340-H4341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      ITEMS CONTAINED IN THE MINORITY LEADER'S MOTION TO RECOMMIT

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, last night when the minority leader presented 
his 
[[Page H4341]] motion to the House to recommit, he said the following, 
and I quote:

       This motion to recommit is very simple. It does four simple 
     things.

  When I read the 16-page motion, I found out it included more like 40 
than 4 changes. For example, it eliminates the marriage penalty, it 
eliminates the American dream savings account, it eliminates the 
spousal IRA. It eliminates the child tax credit completely in the first 
year and then reduces it to $100. It changes it from a $200,000 ceiling 
to a $60,000 ceiling which was called $95,000.
  It eliminates the tax on Social Security benefits, the tax preference 
for long-term insurance, the accelerated death benefits and long-term 
care benefits, it eliminates the capital gains tax reduction, it 
eliminates the neutral cost recovery provisions, it eliminates the 
repeal of the alternative minimum tax, it eliminates the increase in 
the social security earnings test.
  My question to the minority leader is I would like to give him the 
opportunity to explain why, what the disconnect is here when we were 
told this was a 4-point change when in fact it really completely and 
totally changed the bill.

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