1999-04-21                     Senate Journal                      Page 0979
HJR 20                                                                       
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20 BY REPRESENTATIVES                               
PHILLIPS, Green, Grussendorf, Kohring, Dyson, Foster, Smalley,                 
                                                                               
Urging the Congress to amend the Internal Revenue                             
Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty by                              
providing that income tax rate bracket amounts, and                            
the amount of the standard deduction, for joint                                
returns shall be twice the amounts applicable to                               
unmarried individuals.                                                         
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs Committee.