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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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"Opening A Trillion-Dollar Hole"

David Broder in the Washington Post, June 16, 2002 In this op-ed piece, Broder echoes Sen. Cristopher Dodd's (D-CT) words that, "It is truly mind-boggling that majorities in both the House and Senate have voted to compound the budget problems of the nation by making permanent the abolition of what they choose to call the 'death tax,' more commonly known as the tax on large estates."

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National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Letter to Senate Members

The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) sent this letter to all Senate members on June 12, 2002, urging them to vote "No" on any proposal to make permanent any of the tax cuts enacted as part of last year's $1.35 trillion tax cut package -- and mentions permanent repeal of the estate tax specifically. The letter urges all Senate members to "reject any legislation to permanently extend such tax cuts until Social Security and Medicare have been placed on strong financial footing and seniors are provided adequate access to a Medicare prescription drug benefit."

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NEA Letter to Senate Members

The National Education Association (NEA) sent this letter to all Senate members on June 11, 2002, urging them to vote "No" on the Gramm amendment to H.R. 8 for permanent repeal of the estate tax. The letter argues that, "Spending hundreds of billions of dollars to permanently repeal the estate tax will constrain our ability to meet the educational needs of our children." GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Diane Shust, Director 202-822-7321 FAX: 202-822-7741 June 11, 2002 United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator:

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RESOUNDING "NO" FOR PERMANENT REPEAL OF THE ESTATE TAX

The final vote this evening (June 12) on the Gramm amendment for permanent estate tax repeal was 54 for permanent repeal and 44 against -- clearly failing the 60-vote requirement. This represents a resounding victory against permanent repeal of the estate tax. Votes on the two Democratic reform amendments showed that there is a lot of support for reform, and means that we now need to move forward to talk about what a fair and reasonable reform would be. (The Dorgan amendment was 44 for and 54 against; Conrad amendment was 38 for and 60 against) (To be precise, these all were procedurally votes on waiving the budget rules to allow votes on the amendments--but effectively they were votes on the substance of the amendments.) Please check www.fairestatetax.org for updates this week.

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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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