The Senate is set to reconvene Sunday afternoon in a last-ditch effort to devise a "fiscal cliff" compromise before Dec. 31, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) working through the weekend to come up with a "small deal." One of the latest sticking points has been over the estate tax, a small but politically charged part of the George W. Bush tax cuts. Here's a look at what's at stake and what the policy consequences are likely to be.
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