[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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            VOTE TO OVERRIDE VETO ON MARRIAGE PENALTY RELIEF

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I guess it should come as no surprise to 
the American people that the administration that attacks the Boy Scouts 
is now attacking the institution of marriage, and they are doing it 
from an insidious higher taxes on the couples who dare do the right 
thing and walk down the aisle.
  Take the situation, a true story in Savannah, Georgia, woman's name 
is Ann and the husband's name is Steve. They were making $25,000 each; 
they got married last December. Now their combined family income is 
$50,000. Guess what? They went from 15 percent tax brackets to now 20 
percent tax brackets. They are paying more simply because they got 
married. Nothing else changed.
  This administration is going to look them in the eye and say no, you 
are wealthy, you do not deserve the tax, because guess what, some even 
wealthier person and, of course, that is evil in the minds of Al Gore, 
somebody might benefit from this, so we are not going to let you have 
your own money.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope that a few brave Democrats will for once put 
their constituents first and vote to override this horrible veto and 
pass marriage tax penalty relief.

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