By the Numbers - House Committee on Ways and Means

This morning, a Washington Post article suggested that Democrats ought to use the upcoming Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction as a way to raise taxes. It’s an interesting approach to write about, but Americans – and even a few Democrats – have rejected raising taxes as a way to reduce our debt and deficits.

Number of Democratic Senators who voted to extend all of the ’01/’03 tax cuts in December 2010:	43
Number of Democratic U.S. Representatives who voted to extend all of the ’01/’03 tax cuts in December 2010:	139
Number of Democratic Senators who voted in favor of the President’s Budget, which included almost $2 trillion in tax increases:	0
Number of tax increases in the original Reid debt and deficit plan:	0
Number of tax increases in the debt ceiling bill signed by President Obama:	0

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