KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Following his conviction on firearms charges, defendant James Edward Ashburn was sentenced to a prison term and ordered to pay a special assessment of fifty dollars pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3013. Defendant contends that section 3013 violates the Origination Clause of the United States Constitution, as it was introduced in the Senate. Because we conclude that section 3013 is not a revenue measure, we reject defendant's constitutional challenge...
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