Thursday, July 22, 2010
Senate Rejects Measure to Permanently Abolish Estate Tax
The Senate yesterday rejected a proposal by Jim DeMint (R-SC) to permanently abolish the estate tax, 39-59. Two Democrats (Blanche Lincoln (AR), Ben Nelson (NE)) supported the bill; three Republicans (Susan Collins (ME), Olympia Snowe (ME), George Voinovich (OH)) opposed it.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/07/senate-rejects-.html