Senate Kills Estate Tax Repeal

		<a href='http://ads.truthdig.com/banners/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a9cd87eb&cb=3327507' target='_blank'><img src='http://ads.truthdig.com/banners/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=1&cb=3327507&n=a9cd87eb' border='0' alt='' /></a>	February 18, 2012 Log in / Register
			Text Size

Past Events Upcoming Events

Truthdigger of the Week: Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis

This Gay Man Represented the President

Déjà Pooh

Apple's China Comes Home to Haunt Us

What's Really at Stake in 2012

Truthdigger of the Week: Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis

Interracial Love Is No Societal Cure-All
By Marcia Alesan Dawkins

Comes the Revolution
By Richard Reeves

Pay Close Attention to China
By Eugene Robinson

Gov. Christie Nixes New Jersey Gay Marriage Bill

Google Caught Tracking Apple Users

Santorum’s Super PAC Backer Makes a Sexist Gaffe, Walks It Back

Gay Marriage Bill Awaits Governor’s Call in N.J.

Target Knows Your Secrets

OWS Might Get a Super PAC

‘Left, Right & Center’: Cars, Contraception and China

Occupy Fashion Week

Putin on Trial ... Almost

‘Colbert Report’: Contraception Crusade

Déjà Pooh
By Mr. Fish

This Gay Man Represented the President
By Mel White

Whither ‘Colbert Report’?

Herman Cain Will Not Dance With the Stars

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Financial Meltdown 101

A Dig compiled by the editors of Truthdig

Waiting for the Taliban: A Journey Through Northern Afghanistan (Kindle Edition)

By Anna Badkhen
$2.99

Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known

By Molly Ivins
$9.72

Senate Kills Estate Tax Repeal

Posted on Jun 9, 2006

As Think Progress put it: “A sad day for Paris Hilton.”

AP:

WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected Republican efforts Thursday to repeal the estate tax, but GOP leaders promised to try again before this election year is over.

“Wiping this vicious tax from the books is a matter of principle,” said Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

Senators voted 57-41 to advance the bill, but that was three votes short of the 60 needed to overcome objections from a majority of Democrats and a pair of Republicans.

Link

More Below the Ad

Advertisement

Related Entries

December 6, 2011 America, Meet the Mouth of John Burton
October 25, 2011 And Now, Another Gimmicky GOP Tax Plan
September 26, 2011 Demanding More of the Wealthy
September 24, 2011 Amazon Wins Tax Break, California Wins Jobs
September 20, 2011 Dad, I’m Gay

Email to a friend

Get truth delivered to
your inbox every week.

Previous item: Poll: Almost 60% Disapprove of Iraq War

Next item: What Ashcroft Knew and When He Knew it

Comments

Are you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig.

By sanfranciscoliberal, June 9, 2006 at 12:36 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)

The estate tax is a way to prevent a landed aristocracy. We are living in a backward country in backward times. Pretty soon I’ll have to pay my feudal landlord tribute for using the commons. Wait, that’s what the White House is doing by trying to privatize our National Parks system, and just about everything else. I guess I need to find a benevolent king or lord to get behind, because the fiefdoms are a coming.

Report this