To express the sense of the Senate that the tax cuts assumed in the budget resolution should include the repeal of the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits.

SA 243. Mr. CONRAD proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010; as
follows:

At the appropriate place insert the following:

SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE ON REDUCING THE TAX ON SOCIAL
SECURITY BENEFITS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the tax cuts assumed in
this resolution include repeal of the 1993 law that subjects
85% of certain Social Security benefits to the income tax,
provided that the revenue loss to the Medicare Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund is fully replaced so that seniors'
access to health care is not adversely affected. If the
inclusion of these proposals would otherwise cause the cost
of the tax cuts to exceed the level authorized in the
resolution, any excess should be fully offset by closing
corporate tax loopholes.
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