KERRY’S ALREADY TAXED SENIORS’ SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
In 1993, Voted Five Times To Tax Social Security Benefits. (S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #57: Motion Agreed To 52-47: R 0-43; D 52-4, 3/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea; S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #59: Motion Agreed To 55-44: R 0-43; D 55-1, 3/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea; S. 1134, CQ Vote #169: Motion Agreed To 51-46: R 1-41; D 50-5, 6/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea; H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #190: Passed 49-49: R 0-43; D 49-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting A “Yea” Vote, 6/25/93, Kerry Voted Yea; H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #247: Adopted 51-50: R 0-44; D 50-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting A “Yea” Vote, 8/6/93, Kerry Voted Yea)
Hiked Taxes On Middle Class Senior Citizens’ Social Security Benefits. Kerry voted to raise the tax on senior citizens’ Social Security benefits, affecting seniors making as little as $34,000 (John H. Cushman Jr., “The Budget Struggle; Wealthy Or Not, Taxpayers Will Find Plenty Of Surprises,” The New York Times, 8/8/93)
Voted Three Times Against Repealing Social Security Tax Hike. (S. Con. Res. 57, CQ Vote #142: Adopted 50-48: R 49-4; D 1-44, May 22, 1996, Kerry Voted Nay; H.R. 8, CQ Vote #188: Adopted 58-41: R 54-1; D 4-40, 7/13/00, Kerry Voted Nay; S. Con. Res. 23, CQ Vote #94: Rejected 48-51: R 48-3; D 0-47; I 0-1, 3/25/03, Kerry Voted Nay) |
