Senate Republicans agreed yesterday to postpone consideration of the bill to fully and permanently repeal the death tax that had been scheduled for this week.<\/p>\n
Majority Leader Bill Frist promised to return to the bill as soon as possible but wanted to clear the legislative decks this week — lawmakers’ first after a month’s recess — to consider what could be done to help deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.<\/p>\n
“The Senate will move from its previously scheduled agenda for Tuesday, September 6, and instead consider a resolution expressing the sympathy of the Senate for the victims of Hurricane Katrina,” he said yesterday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Occasionally, even those with a tin ear can hear good advice.<\/p>\n
Of course, this is a delay, not a cancellation. We can expect to see the issue back on the Senate floor within a few weeks. In light of the costs associated with the disaster on the Gulf Coast, it should be an interesting debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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