thehill.com - 10/30/2009
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An excise tax on high-priced insurance policies might violate President Obama's pledge to not raise taxes on the middle class, House Democratic Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said last night. "I do not want to see anything jeopardize the president's promise
not to raise taxes on the middle-class," ...
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S.C. Democrat: ‘Cadillac Tax’ Violates Obama’s Promise
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... Posted on October 30, 2009 -By Warner Todd Huston Representative James Clayburn, a Democrat from South Carolina, is expressing reservations about the “excise” tax on so-called Cadillac healthcare plans currently in the Senate’s version of Obamacare. Clayburn, the House Democratic Whip, said that this excise tax violated Obama’s pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class.“I do not want to see anything jeopardize the president’s promise not to raise taxes on the middle-class,” Clyburn told MSNBC. “And that could very well get us there.” Clayburn joins Big Unions in ...
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