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Jim Nussle: “Because of the magic word the gentleman has put into their legislation, and that is ``if.'' We have no ifs. We want…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2002
Because of the magic word the gentleman has put into their legislation, and that is ``if.'' We have no ifs. We want permanent death tax repeal. They have permanent death tax. And only if, then we get some kind of exclusion. We want permanent death tax repeal.
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Jim Nussle
Iowa

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Discussing the need for permanent repeal of the death tax.

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