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GOP pounces on Manchin's tax cut vote
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Dec 05, 2010 07:20am |
| Category | Strategy |
| News Date | Dec 04, 2010 01:40pm |
| Description | The National Republican Senatorial Committee Saturday quickly jumped on Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) vote in favor a proposal to extend the Bush-era tax cuts only for families making up to $1 million a year.
The committee accused the centrist Democrat of breaking a campaign pledge to not cast a Senate vote in favor of anything other than an across the board extension of the tax cuts.
In a news release, the committee said Manchin "toed the line for his Democrat Party leaders in Washington once again today when he voted to impose a massive tax hike on American job creators struggling to make ends meet amid nearly 10 percent unemployment and a weak economy."
During his Senate contest with Republican businessman John Raese, Manchin repeatedly said he wanted the Bush-era tax cuts extended across the board.
While Manchin voted in favor of the measure put forth by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), he sided against the majority of Senate Democrats on another vote to extend the cuts for just the middle class. |
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