Miscounting Obama's Tax Votes -- it's only 54 times, not 94

Republicans claim Obama "voted 94 times for higher taxes." But their count is inflated and misleading.
By Lori Robertson | factcheck.org

It's true that most of the votes the GOP counts would either have increased taxes for some, or set budget targets calling for such increases. But by repeating their inflated 94-vote figure, McCain and the GOP falsely imply that Obama has pushed indiscriminately to raise taxes for nearly everybody. A closer look reveals that he's voted consistently to restore higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers but not on middle- or low-income workers. That's consistent with what he's said he'd do as president, which is to raise taxes only on those making more than $250,000 a year.