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“changing subjects just for a minute, prior to the August recess, Republicans attempted to win support for their attempt to repeal the estate tax by attaching that to a flawed minimum wage increase that was only meant for show and not to actually accomplish anything. And they also tied to it popular tax provisions, referred to as extenders. Now, keep in mind the extenders were all agreed to by Democrats and Republicans. They had agreed to this, and the only thing that was not there was the signature, and that was to take place at 8 o'clock at night in the Capitol. When people came back to sign the conference report, word had come from the White House: Do away with this agreement. So that is why they came up with the so-called Trifecta: estate tax repeal, extenders, minimum wage. Republicans were very clear regarding their strategy. Representative Zach Wamp of Tennessee claimed that Democrats had been ``outfoxed.'' Well, of course, this bill did not pass because it was flawed. It was so unfair to the American people that you would do away with all these important tax provisions for the middle class in an effort to get a repeal of the estate tax that would affect the richest of the rich: 8,100 Americans. The strategy of holding the extenders hostage to their estate tax giveaway put these important provisions in jeopardy of not getting enacted ever.…”