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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any tax reform measure enacted by Congress should restore the value of the personal exemption by increasing it to a minimum of $2,000 and…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any tax reform measure enacted by Congress should restore the value of the personal exemption by increasing it to a minimum of $2,000 and indexing it to prevent further erosion of its value.

Introduced: May 22, 1985 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 1985
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 1985
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any tax reform measure enacted by the Congress should restore the value of the personal exemption by increasing it to a minimum of $2,000, and the indexing of the personal exemption should be retained in order to prevent further erosion of its value to the American taxpayer.

What's happening now May 22, 1985

Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 24, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 173: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any tax reform measure enacted by Congress should restore the value of the personal exemption by increasing it to a minimum of $2,000 and indexing it to prevent further erosion of its value.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-173/
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"S. Res. 173: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any tax reform measure enacted by Congress should restore the value of the personal exemption by increasing it to a minimum of $2,000 and indexing it to prevent further erosion of its value.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-173/.
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S. Res. 173, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-173/.
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[S. Res. 173: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any tax reform measure enacted by Congress should restore the value of the personal exemption by increasing it to a minimum of $2,000 and indexing it to prevent further erosion of its value.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-173/)
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