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agonist.org - 1/12/2009
Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax
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Jonathan Weisman | New York | January 12 Wall Street Journal - President-elect Barack Obama and congressional leaders plan to move soon to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010, suggesting the levy might outlive the "Death Tax Repeal" movement that has tried mightily to kill it. The ...
Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax
online.wsj.com - 1/12/2009
Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax
— online.wsj.com — Obama and congressional leaders plan to move soon to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010.... (more) Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax

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Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax
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Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax
— online.wsj.com — [Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax] Getty Images Barack Obama plans to move to block the estate... tax from disappearing in 2010. (more) Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax

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Real Estate Industry Pushing For Ineffective Tax Credit
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 1/7/2009
Real Estate Industry Pushing For Ineffective Tax Credit
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Our guest blogger is Andrew Jakabovics , Associate Director for the Economic Mobility Program at the Center... for American Progress Action Fund. In November, the National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index fell to its lowest ... (more) Real Estate Industry Pushing For Ineffective Tax Credit
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Progressive Breakfast: You Said You Wanted Ideas
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... (via The Agonist): "President-elect Barack Obama and congressional leaders plan to move soon to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010 ... Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said in a recent interview that he will move ‘in the next few weeks’ on legislation to deal with urgent tax matters not related to any economic stimulus. Estate-tax preservation will be front and center, an aide to the Montana Democrat said. [Repeal] movement veterans are already conceding defeat is likely." ...

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