And now, the Senate has voted 79-20 on an amendment to kill the 2.3% ACA tax on medical devices.

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On Jan. 3, Commissioner Burden introduced a zoning amendment that will preserve small shops on avenues with a residential character and force new banks on the Upper West Side to shift most of their services from extended street fronts to second-floor locations.

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"Regulatory officials in Wales continued to express strong reservations about the methodology, but at this late stage, recognising the need to reach agreement, as this option produced the least damaging impact on outcomes for Wales, Welsh Government officials reluctantly agreed to accept this amendment to the outcomes which resulted in an overall 3.9 percentage point fall in outcomes for Wales".

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The second session starts when the Congress reconvenes on January 3, as specifically required by the 20th Amendment.

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Writing for a 6-3 majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy held that a Colorado constitutional amendment forbidding local gay rights legislation lacked a rational basis because it singled out gays, but he expressly declined to establish gays as a class that needs special antidiscrimination treatment.

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On February 3, 1913, Delaware became the 36th state to ratify the 16th amendment to the Constitution, which authorized the US Income Tax.

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On February 3, 1913, Delaware became the 36th state to ratify the 16th Amendment, ushering in a new federal income tax.

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Ohio Congressman Donald Pease proposed the amendment that caused taxpayers whose adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeded a threshold to lose 3% of their itemized deductions for each dollar they earned above the threshold.

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On Feb. 3, 1913, the legislatures in Delaware, New Mexico and Wyoming voted for the amendment, pushing the total to the required 36 states.

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