MoveOn.org has sent out an email alert about the vote to eliminate the Estate Tax during the next session of the Senate.

As soon as the Senate returns to Washington in September, they’ll be voting on the permanent elimination of the Estate Tax for the richest 2 percent of Americans.1 If the Estate Tax is repealed, millionaires will save close to $1 trillion dollars in the first ten years and that tax burden will shift to millions of ordinary Americans and future generations.2 The vote will be really close, Republican leaders are just one or two votes away.

Responsible Democratic senators have been able to hold the line on the Estate Tax for some time, but now a few Democrats are starting to waver. They continue to feel heat from President Bush and the tax-cut lobby, but they haven’t heard from you. That’s why we’re launching an emergency petition to let the Senate know that we’re paying attention and are ready to hold them accountable. If we can gather 200,000 signatures by next week, we will deliver them to senators in key states.

You can learn more and sign the petition at http://www.political.moveon.org/estatetax/.

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