Democratic VP Candidate: No New Taxes on Middle Class
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Senator John Kerry&#39;s running mate has renewed Mr. Kerry&#39;s pledge not to raise taxes for the middle class. Senator John Edwards, the Democratic Party&#39;s vice-presidential candidate, made his comments on US Sunday morning talk shows.
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NEW YORK - Democrat John Kerry joked on "The Late Show with David Letterman" about changes under President Bush's tax plan, including that Vice President Dick Cheney can claim the president as a dependent.    Besides reading his "Top 10" list, Kerry also poked fun at the tedious debate negotiations between the rival campaigns that ended in agreement Monday...
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Republican challenger Van Taylor asked U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards to explain allegedly unpaid taxes from 20 years ago, while the Democrat renewed his call Saturday to halt negative campaigning in the race for the congressional district that includes President Bush's ranch.
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Presidential candidate John Kerry, contending the Bush administration has created &quot;more excuses than jobs,&quot; said today the Democratic ticket would shore up the middle class.
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Bloomberg - May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Matt Lavin, an Iowa City graduate student, says nothing he has heard so far -- not the reports of $400 haircuts, the $44,000 fee for a speech on poverty, the $500,000 hedge-fund salary -- has shaken his support for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign, lagging far behind Barack Obama's fundraising this year, expects to be outspent by Obama in upcoming Democratic nominating contests just as it was in Feb. 5 states, her strategists conceded Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - The House's leading Democratic tax writer will propose a sweeping overhaul of the tax code that would increase taxes on many people with incomes above $200,000 but cut them for most others.
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When Democrats blasted Republicans last fall for taking annual congressional pay raises while blocking numerous attempts to raise the minimum wage, it was an effective campaign tactic. Democrats vowed not to accept the annual cost-of-living adjustment until Congress increases the minimum wage.
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Congressional Democrats and the Treasury Department disagree over the amount of unpaid taxes that could be collected.
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Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor and potential presidential candidate, is refusing to release his income tax returns, unlike many politicians including the president and past New York City mayors.
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The Houseâs leading Democratic tax writer will propose a sweeping overhaul of the tax code that would raise taxes on many with incomes above $200,000 but cut taxes for most others.
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Republican John McCain says there will be no new taxes during his administration if he is elected president.
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Quotes from the Democrats' debate Tuesday in Las Vegas. Debate sponsor MSNBC excluded Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
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Whatever the reasons John Kerry and the Democrats lost the race for the White House, lack of money wasn't one. Tax-exempt pro-Democratic groups raising big checks for this year's election collected almost twice as much money as their Republican rivals in the presidential race, a study shows. The financial advantage comes in addition to record fund raising by Kerry, the unsuccessful candidate, and the Democratic Party.
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Cherilyn Anderson is a $45-a-month, small-town council member in southwestern Pennsylvania with no appetite for the partisanship of national politics. She won't even set aside $1 in her tax returns to help pay for presidential campaigns.
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WASHINGTON -- Democrats in Congress are preparing a long-awaited plan that seeks to deliver a major tax break to millions of middle-class families -- paid for by raising taxes on upper-income earners.
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Earlier this year, South Dakota&#39;s candidates for US Senate released their 2003 tax returns. Now, one has released his income information for the four previous years.