Work to rescind portions of the Bush tax cut, including the estate tax repeal, to help fund priority areas.

Chris Van Hollen · Maryland · Democratic

spending impact 0.67 specificity 0.72 extraction confidence 93%

Occurrences

I would work to rescind portions of that cut, like the elimination of the estate tax, to help fund my priority areas.

Commits to trying to reverse part of the tax cut to finance priorities.

Primary 2002: Chris Van Hollen
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Evidence

The Republican plan also included all the revenue from the current estate tax. ... Republicans want to give the very wealthiest households a $269 billion dollar tax cut by repealing the estate tax, while still refusing to close a single special-interest loophole to pay for it. ... The House Democratic Budget is focused on the priorities of the American people ... and we do it in a fiscally responsible way.

Van Hollen publicly opposed estate tax repeal and argued the revenue should instead support middle-class priorities and public investments.

partial later_term

Opposition to Estate Tax Repeal; Congressional Record Vol. 161, No. 61
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The bill would return the estate tax to 2009 levels ... and depositing all of the revenues from this tax into the Social Security Trust Fund.

As a senator, Van Hollen introduced concrete legislation to roll back estate-tax changes and redirect the revenue to a priority area.

partial later_term A for effort

S. 2356 (IS) - Strengthen Social Security by Taxing Dynastic Wealth Act
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This bill returns the estate tax to 2009 levels and invests those funds in Americans' retirement security. ... legislation to improve the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund with revenue generated by undoing Republicans' major cuts to the estate tax in 2017 and 2025.

Van Hollen again advanced a specific rollback of estate-tax cuts, showing continued work toward the same policy goal.

partial later_term A for effort

Van Hollen Introduces Bill to Strengthen Social Security by Ending Republicans' Tax Giveaways for Ultra-Wealthy Estates
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Van Hollen reintroduced a bill to undo estate-tax cuts and return the estate tax to 2009 levels, with the revenue dedicated to Social Security.

Concrete later-term action to roll back estate-tax changes and redirect the proceeds to a priority program.

partial later_term A for effort

Van Hollen Introduces Bill to Strengthen Social Security by Ending Republicans' Tax Giveaways for Ultra-Wealthy Estates
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Beyer said the Working Americans' Tax Cut Act would give working families tax relief funded by a tiered surtax on millionaires, and the Senate companion was introduced by Van Hollen.

Official later-term evidence that Van Hollen continued using revenue from higher taxes on the wealthy to fund priority tax relief.

partial later_term A for effort

Beyer, Van Hollen Introduce New Bill to Ensure the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes and Provide Relief for Millions of Working Americans
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Assessments

never later_term A for effort

Van Hollen did make repeated, concrete efforts to roll back estate-tax cuts and redirect the revenue to priorities like Social Security, including sponsoring later Senate legislation. But there is no evidence that rescinding the Bush tax cut portions, including estate-tax repeal, was actually enacted or completed through his own office actions, so the promised outcome was not delivered. Because the strongest documented activity came after his House service, the timing is later_term.

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delivered same_term

Van Hollen promised in the 2002 federal House context to work to rescind portions of the Bush tax cuts, including estate-tax repeal, and redirect revenue to priorities. During his House service, portions of the Bush-era tax cuts were in fact allowed to expire or were rolled back for higher-income taxpayers, and the estate tax repeal was not made permanent. The evidence also shows he repeatedly opposed estate-tax repeal and advanced legislation to restore estate-tax revenue for public priorities, including later as senator. Because the promised outcome was framed as working toward rescission and parts of the Bush tax cuts were reversed while he remained in federal office, this counts as delivered in the same House service period, though not as a full repeal of all Bush tax cuts.

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