April 25 - Stealth campaign of super-wealthy to repeal federal estate tax exposed

The multimillion-dollar lobbying effort to repeal the federal estate tax has been aggressively led by 18 super-wealthy families, according to a report released today by Public Citizen’s Congress Watch and United for a Fair Economy at a press conference in Washington.

To read the entire press release, click here.

To read the statement by Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook, click here.

To read the report, click here.

To hear the audio statement of Bill Gates Sr., click here.

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