Get The Facts
Are you confused by the mud-slinging and negative campaign ads during this election? Check out http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/07/fact-check-did-obama-vote-94-times-for-higher-taxes-2/#more-23411
GET THE FACTS!
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan project of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.
The Statement:
Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain said at the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, that Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama "has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts. That's his record."
Key Findings:
53 were votes on budget resolutions or amendments that "could not have resulted by themselves in raising taxes," though many "were clear statements of approval for increased taxes"–23 were against proposed tax cuts–11 were to increase taxes on people making more than $1 million a year, to help fund programs such as Head Start, school nutrition, or veterans' health care–Seven were "for measures that would have lowered taxes for many, while raising them on a relative few, either corporations or affluent individuals."– The total includes multiple votes on the same measures.
Annenberg says a close look at the record reveals that Obama has "voted consistently to restore higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers but not on middle- or low-income workers."
GET THE FACTS!
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan project of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.
The Statement:
Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain said at the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, that Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama "has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts. That's his record."
Key Findings:
53 were votes on budget resolutions or amendments that "could not have resulted by themselves in raising taxes," though many "were clear statements of approval for increased taxes"–23 were against proposed tax cuts–11 were to increase taxes on people making more than $1 million a year, to help fund programs such as Head Start, school nutrition, or veterans' health care–Seven were "for measures that would have lowered taxes for many, while raising them on a relative few, either corporations or affluent individuals."– The total includes multiple votes on the same measures.
Annenberg says a close look at the record reveals that Obama has "voted consistently to restore higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers but not on middle- or low-income workers."
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