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Did the law Van Orden backed end the estate tax?

Record does not bear out the claim. The law raised the exemption; it did not repeal the estate tax.

Derrick Van Orden

The 2025 estate-tax change

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

Van Orden said the 2025 law got rid of the death tax so farms could pass between generations.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1. It raised the 2026 exemption to $15 million per person; the estate tax remains.

Limit: The exemption is shared with lifetime taxable gifts. We did not count affected Wisconsin farms.

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  1. Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, October 20: Van Orden on the death taxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCa_4llPFE&t=486s

    WEAU · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    8:06. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

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  2. Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025 (215 to 214), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025 (218 to 214), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Aye. This vote sent the bill to the President.

    official legislative record

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  4. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ21

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Read from the GovInfo package text on 2026-10-22. Contains "SEC. 70106. EXTENSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF INCREASED ESTATE AND GIFT TAX EXEMPTION AMOUNTS" and "SEC. 83002. WORKFORCE PELL GRANTS".

    official legislative record

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  5. Estate Tax: filing thresholds and taxable giftshttps://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estate-tax

    Internal Revenue Service · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    The 2026 table lists $15 million. Lifetime taxable gifts enter the estate-tax calculation before the available unified credit.

    official office record

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