Estate Tax Failure Could Raise Pressure for Deal

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
June 5, 2006, 12 a.m.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) hopes that the expected defeat of a GOP plan to fully repeal the estate tax this week will help increase pressure on the two wings of his fractured party to work together, along with moderate Democrats, to craft a compromise later this summer, Senate GOP aides said.



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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

Nov. 16, 12 a.m.

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article

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