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Under the legislation, S.B. 2505 amdt. 3, the individual income tax will increase from 3 to 5 per cent for the tax years 2011-2014, revert to 4 per cent for the next ten years, and then go to 3.5 percent thereafter.
Dan Lesser: Illinois General Assembly Approves Major Revenue Package, Averting Draconian Budget Cuts Dan Lesser 2011
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Under the legislation, S.B. 2505 amdt. 3, the individual income tax will increase from 3 to 5 per cent for the tax years 2011-2014, revert to 4 per cent for the next ten years, and then go to 3.5 percent thereafter.
Dan Lesser: Illinois General Assembly Approves Major Revenue Package, Averting Draconian Budget Cuts Dan Lesser 2011
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Wisconsin is public, which is why the 1st amdt. is implicated.
"I encourage conservative and libertarian — or just mischievous — students to flood the system with complaints about anything that offends them." Ann Althouse 2008
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April, 2003, (S. amdt 452 to S. 762; 4/2/2003, 5: 35 pm) to provide $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq theater.
Did you see it? 2008
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This amdt will automatically be divided into sections that can stand alone as individual amdts.
Reid Plan for Immigration Bill Matt Johnston 2007
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If 60 Senators vote to make S. 1639 the pending business in the Senate on Tuesday, June 26,already done Sen. Reid will immediately take the floor of the Senate and offer a 1st degree amdt. to S. 1639, and ask for the yeas and nays.
Reid Plan for Immigration Bill Matt Johnston 2007
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He will then send a 2nd degree amdt to the desk and ask for the yeas and nays.
Reid Plan for Immigration Bill Matt Johnston 2007
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By Sen. Reid using this amendment process and calling for a division of his amdt., he can guarantee Senators that votes will occur on issues he has chosen to offer and on issues he believes will please enough Senators as to earn the 60 votes necessary to invoke cloture and pass the bill.
Reid Plan for Immigration Bill Matt Johnston 2007
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This guarantees a roll call vote will occur on this amdt.
Reid Plan for Immigration Bill Matt Johnston 2007
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In other words, his second degree amdt. may have 18 sections, and by using this procedure, he has now put in place 18 amdts.
Reid Plan for Immigration Bill Matt Johnston 2007
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