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Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

  UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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Statement of Charlotte McConnell, Executive Director, Family and Child Services of Washington, DC In

On June 12, 2002, Sen. Kent Conrad, William H. Gates, Sr., and Americans for a Fair Estate Tax released the results from a poll conducted in May on views of the estate tax among the American public. The following are the remarks of Charlotte McConnell, Executive Director of Family and Child Services of Washington, DC, Inc. on the problems repeal of the estate tax pose for the nation's charities. America’s Charities Say, “There’s No Room for Estate Tax Repeal” Remarks on Estate Tax Repeal Charlotte McConnell Executive Director, Family and Child Services of Washington, DC, Inc.

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Statement of William H. Gates, Sr.

On June 12, 2002, Sen. Kent Conrad, William H. Gates, Sr., and Americans for a Fair Estate Tax released the results from a poll conducted in May on views of the estate tax among the American public. William H. Gates, Sr., participating by phone from Seattle, WA, made the following remarks. Statement of William H. Gates, Sr. June 12, 2002

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Estate Tax Polling: Frequency Distribution

Click here to view the frequency distribution for each polling question. This document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader To download the most recent version for free, click here (If you cannot access the files through the links, right-click on the underlined text, click "Save Link As," download to your directory, and open the document in Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

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Statement by George Soros on Permanent Repeal of the Estate Tax

George Soros is Chairman of Soros Fund Management and founder of the Open Society Network of Foundations. Click here to read his views on permanent repeal of the Estate Tax. This document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader To download the most recent version for free, click here (If you cannot access the files through the links, right-click on the underlined text, click "Save Link As," download to your directory, and open the document in Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

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Estate Tax Polling Data

Charts and Graphs illustrating public opinion on the Estate Tax. Federal Budget Priorities "When thinking about the federal budget, which TWO of the following would you personally give the highest priority to?” Tax Cut Priorities Compiled from survey conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner May 6-8, 2002 and NBC News/WSJ surveys conducted August 1999 and January 2001. Repeal Message

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Public Attitudes on the Estate Tax

A summary of findings from a national poll of 1,000 likely voters.(1) Reform, Not Repeal A broad majority of Americans support reforming the estate tax to protect small business owners and family farms over permanent repeal that gives more tax breaks to multi-millionaires at the expense of 99 percent of taxpayers.
  • After hearing balanced arguments from both sides of this debate, 58 percent of likely voters support reform that protects small business owners and family farms while only 37 percent support repeal of the estate tax.

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Estate Tax Briefings

A successful nonprofit briefing on the estate tax was held on June 6. A press briefing to release the results of a nationwide poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research will be held Wednesday, June 12.

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House Passes Permanent Repeal of the Estate Tax (Again)

The House wanted its vote on Thurs. June 6th on permanent repeal of the estate tax (H.R. 2143) to send a signal to the Senate showing widening support for repeal. The vote did send a signal, though not the one the House had intended.

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AFL-CIO Letter to House Members

The AFL-CIO sent this letter to all House members on June 5, 2002, urging them to vote "No" on H.R. 2143, which calls for permanent repeal of the estate tax. The letter encourages Congress to "delay the implementation of any new tax cut, including those which have already been enacted but not yet implemented, until our domestic priorities are met and Social Security and Medicare are fully protected." June 5, 2002 Dear Representative: The AFL-CIO strongly urges you to vote against H.R. 2143, the permanent estate tax repeal act, which the House is scheduled to consider tomorrow.

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House Passes Permanent Estate Tax Repeal

The House wanted its vote yesterday on permanent repeal of the estate tax (H.R. 2143) to send a signal to the Senate showing widening support for repeal. The vote did send a signal, though not the one the House had intended. It was 256 in favor and 171 against. (Final vote results can be found at http://clerkweb.house.gov/cgi-

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A Tale of Two Retirements: One for CEOs and One for the Rest of Us

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