On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
I do not support, as Senator Gregg does, the repeal of the estate tax which would provide $1 trillion in tax breaks to the wealthiest three-tenths of 1 percent over a 10-year period.
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Sanders criticized the repeal of the estate tax benefiting the wealthiest.
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