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On the recordApril 10, 2013
By the way, there was a vote on the budget 2 weeks ago here in the Senate, and it got 80 Senate votes, Republican and Democratic, basically stating that the estate tax should either be repealed or reduced.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Highlighting bipartisan support for reducing or repealing the estate tax.

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