Nonprofits to Preserve the Estate Tax and Responsible Wealth sponsored a noon rally at the Capitol on Thursday, May 10, 2001. Between 200-300 people took part in the rally and we visited all 100 Senate offices and had meetings with nearly half of them. Speakers

• Senator Kent Conrad (D-SD)
• Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
• Bill Gates, Sr.
• Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President, Children's Defense Fund
• Gerald McEntee, President, AFSCME
• Robert Rowher, Iowa farmer, member, National Farmers Union
• Dal LaMagna, owner, Tweezerman Corporation, New York
• Rev. Jim Wallis, Convener and President, Call to Renewal

Lobby Packet Materials Impact on States

• MoveOn.org citizen petition with signature and comments from voters opposing repeal, organized by state
• State by State Estate Tax and Charitable Bequest Information by the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers
• National Priorities Project Fact Sheets: State by State Analyses of Cost of Repealing the Estate Tax
• Citizens for Tax Justice, "The Effects of the Bush Tax Cuts on State Tax Revenues,"

Short Fact Sheets and Q & A

• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, "Fact Sheet on the Charitable Implications of the Estate Tax"
• OMB Watch, Why Oppose Repeal?
• OMB Watch, Key Talking Points
• Responsible Wealth, "Estate Tax FAQ"
• United for a Fair Economy, "Quick Background on the Estate Tax"
• Responsible Wealth, "Estate Tax and Family Businesses
• Responsible Wealth, "Estate Tax and Family Farms

Organizational Letters and Statements

• Nonprofits to Preserve the Estate Tax
• Charitable Foundations
• Independent Sector Policy Position
• Environmental Organizations' Letter
• Religious Community for Responsible Tax Policy
• Council for Advancement and Support of Education, letter to Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
• Council for Advancement and Support of Education, letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

Analyses

• OMB Watch, "Estate Tax and Government Revenue"
• OMB Watch, "Estate Tax and Charitable Giving
• OMB Watch, "Is Estate Tax Repeal Really About Helping Small Businesses and Family Farmers?"
• CBPP, "Can Capital Gains Carry-Over Basis Replace the Estate Tax?
• CBPP, "Estate Tax Affects Very Few Family Businesses"
• CBPP, "Estate Tax Repeal: A Costly Windfall for the Wealthiest Americans"
• Estate Tax Statistics, prepared by Matt Hamill (please contact OMB Watch - 202.234.8494 - for a faxed copy)

Media Coverage

• "Focus on Farms Masks Estate Tax Confusion," NYT, 4/8/01
• "Now Here's a Cause: Those Poor, Poor Rich Folk," National Journal, 3/12/01
• "Dozens of Rich Americans Join in Fight to Retain the Estate Tax," NYT, 2/14/01
• "Drive to Kill Estate Taxes Loses Steam," LA Times, 2/15/01
• "Billionaire Backlash," Newsweek, 2/26/01
• "A Bush Aide Faults Plan to Repeal Estate Tax," NYT, 2/10/01