Rep. John T. Doolittle today asked Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle not to block passage of the Marriage Penalty Tax Relief Act in the Senate. Thursday the bill gained passage in the House of Representatives by a vote of 268 to 158, including 48 Democrat votes. The marriage penalty is a product of the complex federal tax code and punishes around 20 million married couples in which both work outside the home. Not only is it morally wrong, it is bad policy.
Nobody doubts anymore that the family is the fundamental and most important unit of society.
If that were to happen, we don't know how you could possibly explain to America's married couples, especially the women who are disproportionately affected by the penalty, that in this matter of tax fairness Senate Democrats sided with the special interests in Washington.