Tax Pledge Puts Obama in Tricky Spot

By Keith Koffler
Roll Call Staff
June 4, 2009, 12 a.m.

President Barack Obama is finding himself boxed in by a campaign vow not to tax employer-provided health insurance, as Congressional Democrats take a serious look at using revenues from just such a tax to help defray the massive costs of Obama’s plan to provide universal health care coverage.



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Today, too many Americans are out of work. Today, we will send $1 billion overseas to satisfy our appetite for foreign oil, while the Chinese will continue their massive investment in clean energy technology. Today, our nation faces an economic crisis, an energy crisis and a global climate crisis. Read Full Article

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