"House Backs Permanent End to Estate Tax"

Carl Hulse in the New York Times, June 7, 2002 This NYT article highlights the politics underlying the June 6 House passage of permanent estate tax repeal in a 256-171 vote -- House Republican leaders hope to use the vote and the upcoming November elections to pressure Senators to pass permanent repeal in a vote expected by June 28. The House vote, however, reveals not more, but less support for permanent repeal as compared with its previous vote to make estate tax repeal permanent in April 2001 (H.R. 8, which passed, 274-154).
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