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DPatty Murray/Taxes / Wealth Inequality
Stated position

Committed to introduce legislation closing an estate-tax loophole used by the ultra-wealthy to avoid taxes on inherited wealth.

Stated position. What this official has said they believe on this issue — a sourced claim, shown distinctly from any assessment of what they did. It is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.

Derived from a tracked promise: “Committed to introduce legislation closing an estate-tax loophole used by the ultra-wealthy to avoid taxes on inherited wealth.”

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