Gephardt Does the Democratic Two-Step
By Phil Dobson
July 25, 2001
On Monday, the Des Moines Register reported that during a speaking engagement at a Democratic congressional fund-raising event in Des Moines, on Saturday, House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt hinted that he would push for a tax increase if the Democrats take control of the House next year.
Republican leaders sounded out, "The message is clear: Republicans giveth and Democrats taketh away. Americans are just now receiving their tax-refund checks, and Democrats are already trying to yank it back so they can spend more on wasteful Washington programs," said Virginia Gov. James Gilmore, chairman of the Republican National Committee.
J.C. Watts Jr., House Republican Conference Committee Chairman said, "The ink isn,t even dry on the tax-rebate check, yet the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives is already plotting ways to raise taxes."
On Saturday Gephardt said that Democrats did the right thing to raise taxes in 1993, even though it cost them control of the House.
Gephardt,s office issued a statement denying the report, "I never addressed the future of taxes in my remarks because I don,t believe they need to be raised. I believe that the Bush administration must work to keep this budget in the black despite an overzealous tax cut that threatens our prosperity."
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