S. 74: Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2009
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S. 74: Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-06 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S74)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S74) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2009
Plain summary
Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2009 - Makes permanent provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 that eliminate the marriage penalty in the standard deduction, the 15-percent tax bracket, and the earned income tax credit.
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Official text
Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · 5 cosponsors
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John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s74.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s74 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111