The House is scheduled to vote later today on H.R. 5638, The Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006:

• A Taxing Matter:  Estate Tax: Neither Repeal nor "Compromise", Please, by Linda Beale
• Associated Press:  Estate Tax Foes Accept Deal Raising Exemption to $5 Million, by Mary Dalrymple
• Associated Press:  House Mulls Compromise on Estate Taxes, by Mary Dalrymple
• Associated Press:  House Tees Up Estate Tax Reduction, by Mary Dalrymple
• Bloomberg:  Republicans Rally Around Plan to Limit, Not Repeal, Estate Tax, by Ryan Donmoyer
• Center on Budget & Policy Priorities:  Thomas Estate Tax Proposal Still “Near Repeal”: Instead of Compromising, Proposal Tries to Have It Both Ways, by Joel Friedman & Aviva Aron-Dine
• Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: High Cost of Thomas Proposal Reflects the Low Effective Tax Rates Estates Would Face: Proposal’s Benefits Would Go Primarily to Largest Estates, by Joel Friedman and Aviva Aron-Dine
• Death and Taxes – The Blog:  Some Personal Thoughts on the Estate Tax, by Joel A. Schoenmeyer
• Mauled Again:  Tax Sweeteners Leave Sour Taste, by Jim Maule
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Editorial:  Estate Tax Cut: Timber Teaser
• Start Making Sense:  Non-Death of the Non-Death Tax, by Dan Shaviro
• Tax Analysts:  Estate Tax Proposal Tweaked on Eve of House Vote
• Tax Policy Center:  Estimates of Estate Tax Options
• UPI:  U.S. House to Vote on Estate Tax Bill
• Wall Street Journal Editorial:  Doubting Thomas
• Washington Post Editorial:  Undead Tax Cutters