[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 74 (Friday, June 7, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5258-S5259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 2143

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I understand that H.R. 2143 is at the desk. 
I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the 
first time.
  The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows:


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       A bill (H.R. 2143) to make the repeal of the estate tax 
     permanent.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for its second reading, but I object 
to my own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will 
receive its second reading on the next legislative day.

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