Impact on States

• MoveOn.org citizen petition with signature and comments from voters opposing repeal, organized by state

• State by State Estate Tax and Charitable Bequest Information by the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

• National Priorities Project Fact Sheets: State by State Analyses of Cost of Repealing the Estate Tax

• Citizens for Tax Justice, "The Effects of the Bush Tax Cuts on State Tax Revenues,"

Short Fact Sheets and Q & A

• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, "Fact Sheet on the Charitable Implications of the Estate Tax"

• OMB Watch, Why Oppose Repeal?

• OMB Watch, Key Talking Points

• Responsible Wealth, "Estate Tax FAQ"

• United for a Fair Economy, "Quick Background on the Estate Tax"

• Responsible Wealth, "Estate Tax and Family Businesses

• Responsible Wealth, "Estate Tax and Family Farms

Organizational Letters and Statements

• Nonprofits to Preserve the Estate Tax

• Charitable Foundations

• Independent Sector Policy Position

• Environmental Organizations' Letter

• Religious Community for Responsible Tax Policy

• Council for Advancement and Support of Education, letter to Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)

• Council for Advancement and Support of Education, letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

Analyses

• OMB Watch, "Estate Tax adn Government Revenue"

• OMB Watch, "Estate Tax and Charitable Giving

• OMB Watch, "Is Estate Tax Repeal Really About Helping Small Businesses and Family Farmers?"

• CBPP, "Can Capital Gains Carry-Over Basis Replace the Estate Tax?

• CBPP, "Estate Tax Affects Very Few Family Businesses"

• CBPP, "Estate Tax Repeal: A Costly Windfall for the Wealthiest Americans"

• Estate Tax Statistics, prepared by Matt Hamill (please contact OMB Watch - 202.234.8494 - for a faxed copy)

Media Coverage

• "Focus on Farms Masks Estate Tax Confusion," NYT, 4/8/01

• "Now Here's a Cause: Those Poor, Poor Rich Folk," National Journal, 3/12/01

• "Dozens of Rich Americans Join in Fight to Retain the Estate Tax," NYT, 2/14/01

• "Drive to Kill Estate Taxes Loses Steam," LA Times, 2/15/01

• "Billionaire Backlash," Newsweek, 2/26/01

• "A Bush Aide Faults Plan to Repeal Estate Tax," NYT, 2/10/01

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