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Hadar Susskind, senior vice president of government relations for the Council on Foundations (CoF), said that the council has realized that the House bill is essentially set and has turned attentions to the Senate. Not unlike foundations, private higher-education institutions face a 1.4 The current estate-tax exemptions of $5.49
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