Yesterday, we sent an email to our 239,000 plus supporters. We urged them to contact their U.S. Senators and demand they stand up to Wal-Mart and the millionaire Walton hiers and reject taxpayer giveaways to the wealthy at the expense of working Americans.

Thousands of supporters sent letters within hours of our rapid response email.

Today, the Senate blocked the Walton's multi-million dollar lobbying efforts to repeal the estate tax.

From Reuters:

"U.S. Senate blocks permanent estate tax repeal"

The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a bill backed by President George W. Bush that would have permanently repealed estate taxes.

On a vote of 57-41, the Senate blocked consideration of a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives...

While the bill was blocked today, Republican Senators hinted that they would try to push the measure through other bills this year. Wal-Mart and the Waltons cannot buy our democracy. If you have not already done so, tell your Senators to reject the estate tax repeal if it comes before the Senate again.