House Votes for Permanent End to Marriage Penalty

The House voted this week to permanently extend the 2001 tax relief for married couples by an overwhelming 323-95. Before this change was pushed through as part of the 2001 Bush tax cut package, many married couples found themselves paying higher taxes on their income than they would have had to pay if they had not been married. This bill would permanently end this discrimination against married couples.

The House vote is a good first step, but the process is long from over. The Senate must now pass the bill—and both the House and the Senate need to vote on the rest of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. Ending the marriage penalty was the least politically challenging of the many good tax cuts passed in those bills. Making permanent the end of the death tax, the lowering of marginal income tax rates, the lowering of capital gains tax rates, and the rest will be a tough fight, but one in which members of Citizens for a Sound Economy can have a major influence.

Click here to let your representatives in Washington, DC know that you want to see ALL of 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts made permanent. Letting your voice be heard is the only way we will get lower taxes, less government and more freedom!

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