A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
"As mayor, every year I was in office I did reduce taxes."
"I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
"I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere."
Barack Obama supports plans to raise "income taxes ... payroll taxes."
Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres."
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