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Originally posted by sgtclub
POF - he said 98 times. Not sure substantively it matters whether its 98 or 600. It's still a lot.
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Here's what USA Today has to say about the 98 number (he said 600 about something else -- but I can't remember what it was now -- or maybe I'm thinking of the 800 to 600 differential of something or other):
- Bush charged that Kerry has voted to raise taxes 98 times during his 19-year Senate career. Research by the non-partisan Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania finds the charge misleading. Of the 98 votes Bush referenced, 43 were for budget bills to set target levels for spending and taxes and did not actually raise or lower taxes. The total also includes a number of procedural votes and multiple votes on the same bill. An example: 16 votes were cast on various versions of President Clinton's 1993 deficit-reduction package, which raised taxes, but only on the top 1% or 2% of earners.
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