1999-05-10                     Senate Journal                      Page 1329
HJR 20                                                                       
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20 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 second               
time.                                                                          
                                                                               
Senator Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that the                      
resolution be advanced to third reading and placed on final passage.           
Without objection, it was so ordered.                                          
                                                                               
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20 was read the third time.                         
                                                                               
The question being: Shall HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20                        
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, pass the Senate? The roll was taken with the following            
result:                                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HJR 20                                                                       
                                                                               
HJR 20                                                                         
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                  
                                                                               
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Adams, Donley, Ellis, Elton, Green, Halford, Hoffman, Kelly Pete,       
Kelly Tim, Leman, Lincoln, Mackie, Parnell, Pearce, Phillips,                  
Taylor, Torgerson, Ward, Wilken                                                
                                                                               
Excused:  Miller                                                               
                                                                               
and so, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20 passed the Senate,                       
was signed by the President and Secretary and returned to the House.