Sen. Feinstein, Chafee call for freeze on top tax rate
WAP2003010916 - WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., speaks at a news conference where he and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., not pictured, introduced a bill to freeze the top tax rate until the budget is balanced on Jan. 9, 2003, on Capitol Hill. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI
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