Dunn: Override the Veto on Death Tax
Repeal
Americans are tired of politicians that
say one thing and do another
September 7, 2000
(Washington, D.C.)
At a news conference on Capitol
Hill today, U.S. Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (8th Dist.--Wash.)
urged her colleagues in Congress to override the veto on the Death
Tax Elimination Act, H.R. 8. The House will vote on the measure this
afternoon.
"It's up to Congress to show hard-working families
that death should not be a taxable event. Today the House of
Representatives will vote to override the White House veto," said
Dunn.
Introduced last year by Congresswoman Dunn and
Congressman John Tanner (D-TN), the Act repeals the death tax
through rate reduction over ten years. In June, the House passed the
bill 279-136, a veto-proof majority. Last month, Congress sent the
measure to the White House; last week the President vetoed the bill.
Today, the U.S. House will vote on H.R. 8 as one of its first items
of business during the fast-paced fall season.
"It's been said that only with our government are you
given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at
death. This is wrong. We should not dishonor the hard work of those
who have passed on. Americans are tired of politicians that say one
thing and do another. I urge my colleagues to stick with the vote
they cast in June and override the veto of the Death Tax Elimination
Act," said Dunn.
Joining Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn were U.S. House
Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), U.S. House Conference Chairman
J.C. Watts (R-Okla.), and U.S. Congressman John Tanner
(D-Tenn.).
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