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Bernie Sanders: “My recollection is that a number of months ago there was a vote here on the floor of the Senate regarding the repeal of…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
My recollection is that a number of months ago there was a vote here on the floor of the Senate regarding the repeal of the estate tax. My understanding is that vote to repeal a significant part of the estate tax would have benefited, as I recall, the top three-tenths of 1 percent of the population; 99.7 percent of the people would not have benefited. I could be wrong, but my understanding is that if that legislation, that bill, that amendment had passed, it would have cost our government about $1 trillion in a 10-year period, $1 trillion in benefits to the top three-tenths of 1 percent. Can my friend from Illinois remind me as to how many Republicans voted against giving $1 trillion in tax breaks to the top three-tenths of 1 percent that was not paid for?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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govinfo.gov
Feb 25, 2010

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Senator Sanders discusses the implications of a vote on repealing the estate tax.

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