One of the strongest elements of Mitt Romney's spectacular debate performance was his decisive rejoinder to the president's oft-repeated allegation that the Republican plans to raise taxes on middle class families. Obama said Romney has designs on an unpaid-for $5 trillion tax cut that would eventually necessitate higher tax bills for average Americans. Romney flatly rejected the claim by calling it false, then explained what he actually has in mind. But the president returned to the "$5 trillion" well on several subsequent occasions, prompting more rebuttals from his challenger. FactCheck.org and CNN reviewed Obama's accusation, and found it wanting....
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Ann272 Wrote: Oct 07, 2012 11:48 AM
Executive orders are in sequence, and I KNOW I saw an early one authorizing $19 million to the Palestinans for refugee assistance. It is not in the Executive Orders as now displayed on American Presidency Project.
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DevilDog0311 Wrote: Oct 07, 2012 11:47 AM
President Obama has funded a $20 million resettlement of Hamas refugees to the United States via H.R. 1388 (aka H.B. 1388),
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