In a speech on February 10 before the Conservative Political Action Conference, Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) says he plans to bring estate tax repeal legislation to the floor in May. The Senate had a cloture vote scheduled on the House bill last September, but it was postponed after Hurricane Katrina hit. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed skepticism in the past that a vote on full repeal would be able to garner the 60 votes necessary to pass.