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State lawmakers are debating what to do with an $800 million budget surplus. Republicans are committed to using much of the surplus to fund a tax cut that if fully implemented would reduce state revenue more than $500 million. The cut would eliminate the estate tax for all Oklahomans and reduce the state income tax rate from 6.25 percent to 4.9 percent. Democrats want to spend the surplus now.

May 4, 2006 Extension of Remarks - Coburn Statement Opposing Final Passage of Emergency Supplemental Bill EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Today, 20 Oklahomans active in public policy, social issues or business asked the leader of the state Senate to assure that six key legislative proposals are considered "sooner, rather than later."

Investment in the future should include structuring a tax environment that attracts and retains people who create jobs and build the economy.