Press Coverage of Today's Senate Estate Tax Showdown

Press coverage of today's scheduled Senate votes on estate tax repeal and (if repeal fails) reform:

• Associated Press:  Estate Tax Faces Pivotal Vote in Senate
• Associated Press:  Senate Opens Debate on Fate of Estate Tax
• Bloomberg:  Frist Will Consider Compromise if Repeal of the Estate Tax Fails
• Boston Globe Editorial:  Estate Tax Giveaway
• Forbes:  No Quick Death for the Estate Tax, by Janet Novack
• Human Events:  It's Time to Pull the Plug on Death Tax, by Mallory Factor
• Philadelphia Inquirer:  Let's Keep the Estate Tax, by Stephen S. Wamhoff
• Reuters:  Senate Weighs Estate Tax Repeal, Compromise, by Donna Smith
• New York Sun:  Repeal of Death Tax Unlikely To Proceed, by Adrian Brune
• Wall Street Journal Editorial:  Taxes Everlasting: Why the Superrich Don't Mind the Death Tax
• Wall Street Journal:  Estate-Tax Overhaul Gains Ground As Kyl Unveils Compromise, Frist Is Willing to Consider Something Short of Repeal, by Brody Mullins
• Wall Street Journal:  Senate Dem Backs Permanent Repeal Of Estate Tax
• Wall Street Journal:  Majority Leader Frist to Allow Vote on "Death Tax" Compromise, by Brody Mullins
• Wall Street Journal:  Text of Frist Staff's Email On So-Called Death Tax

Best line:  "The National Beer Wholesalers Association delivered a bottle of Blue Moon beer to each senator to make the point that the chance for repeal comes about only once in a blue moon."