[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8063]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME

  The following bills were read the first time:

       H.R. 4181. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permanently extend the increased standard deduction, 
     and the 15-percent individual income tax rate bracket 
     expansion, for married taxpayers filing joint returns.
       S. 2370. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

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