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South Dakota Senator John Thune along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnel have reintroduced the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021. The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association and several other ag groups back the measure. Cattlemen’s President Eric Jennings says the estate or death tax is very devastating to small businesses and particularly to farmers and ranchers.
He says the rate of the tax forces some operators to sell off at least part of their operation in order to pay the bill.
Jennings also says it’ll be a tough task to pass the measure as the new Congress will be trying to get tax money to pay for all their programs.
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Donald Trump has hired election attorney Butch Bowers (Getty Images/ Butch Bowers official website)
As reports surface that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnel has asked Democrats to delay the beginning of ex-President Donald Trump s second impeachment trial to next month, Trump finally hires a lawyer for his defense. According to the Daily Mail, Democratic Senator Chris Coons said they will be open to the delay if the Senate is set to move forward and confirm President Joe Biden s nominees for Cabinet. Democrats will be open to considering a delay that allows former President Trump time to assemble his legal team and his defense for the impeachment trial if we are making progress on confirming the very talented, seasoned, and diverse team that president Joe Biden has nominated to serve in his cabinet, he told CNN.