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4 hrs ago | The Honolulu Advertiser

War tax means shared sacrifice

Congress used to raise taxes to pay for America's wars. Isn't it time to return to that practice? In 1798, Congress enacted its first direct tax - on land, houses and slaves - to pay for the naval expansion in what historians now call the Quasi-War with France.

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Related Topix: Tax, George Bush, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Government Executive

Speaker dislikes surtax to pay for war

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Thursday threw cold water on the idea of a war surtax to help pay for President Obama's troop buildup in Afghanistan, adding that the deficit will be a concern when the House begins to review the costs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, George Bush, W.

Sun Dec 06, 2009

WCCO-TV

Reality Check: Paying For The Afghanistan War

President Barack Obama spent Tuesday night explaining to the American people why he's sending more troops to Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Betty McCollum, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Cybercast News Service

Pelosi Rejects War Surtax Proposal

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has all but killed a proposal by senior House Democrats to levy a tax on nearly all Americans to pay for the Afghanistan war.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, Democrat

Cybercast News Service

Hoyer Signals Support for War Tax

Georgia state National Guardsman, Sgt. Scott A. Millican, right, from Statesboro, GA., and Air Force Techincal Sgt.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Price, US Senate, Saxby Chambliss, US Military, US Air Force, Democrat, Steny Hoyer

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Ann Arbor News

Sen. Carl Levin on CBS: Afghan war tax too pricey for Americans, bin...

Michigan Sen. Carl Levin took to the airwaves on CBS' "Face the Nation" this morning to get a few things off his chest about the country's Middle East operations and what President Obama should do about increasing troops in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, US House of Representatives

Gulf Times

A choice between guns or butter

Congressman David Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat who is chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has come up with a novel idea:Americans should pay for the wars they are waging.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Travel, Iraq Travel, Barack Obama

Government Executive

GOP appropriator offers plan for funding Afghanistan troop increase

House Appropriations Committee ranking member Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., Monday called for holding down increases in five nondefense fiscal 2010 spending bills to 2 percent over fiscal 2009 levels to pay for most of President Obama's Afghanistan plan, which will be unveiled Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Jerry Lewis, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fri Dec 04, 2009

CBS News

Congress Scrutinizes Cost of Afghan Surge

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., appears on "Face the Nation" in Washington, Nov. 29, 2009.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, Face the Nation, Entertainment, Television, United States Military Academy, US House of Representatives

Auburn News

Congress casts wary eye on Obama's Afghanistan buildup

Tue Dec 1, 5:58 pm ET WASHINGTON - A wary, divided Congress raised serious questions Tuesday about President Barack Obama 's new strategy for the war in Afghanistan , as well as its timetables and his plans to pay for the troop buildup.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Robert Casey, Democrat, US House of Representatives

The State

Spratt goes to battle over proposed war tax

House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt on Tuesday criticized a "war tax" proposed by House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey in an unusual public spat between two top Democrats.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Spratt, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barack Obama, Barney Frank, John Murtha

The Dallas Morning News

Potential election foes Hutchison, White unite in fight for Texas plant

As the governor was railing yet again against Washington and filing Thursday to run for a third term, two potential rivals - one from each party - joined forces to fight for a $3 billion Army contract and 3,000 jobs at a Houston-area plant that builds combat trucks.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Government, Texas, Houston, TX, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Many in president's own party disagree with Afghan buildup

Karen Nook of Milwaukee protests President Barack Obamaa s plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan during a rally Wednesday at the Reuss Federal Plaza.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Metro, US Politics, US News, Tammy Baldwin, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Reuters

Pelosi opposes possible "war tax"

The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday she opposes a possible "war tax" to fund an escalation of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat

Floridatoday.com

What the president said and the context

Here's a closer look at some of President Obama's remarks Tuesday on Afghanistan in the context of the larger debate.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The Billings Outpost

Obama's Afghanistan strategy prolongs war

President Obama's decision about what to do in Afghanistan, which was announced Tuesday, Dec.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Europe, United Kingdom, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fox News

Politics of Appeasement

Dick Morris says Obama is 'trying to have it both ways' This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," November 30, 2009.

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Related Topix: Hannity, Entertainment, Television, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Military Prisons

CBS News

Rep. Obey: Afghan War Must Be Paid For

The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said Tuesday night that President Obama "inherited a god awful mess [in Afghanistan] and he has no good choices," but that it is irresponsible to continue the war there without finding a way to pay for it.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Hamid Karzai, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

Tue Dec 01, 2009

CNN

Obama to call for 30,000 more troops, officials say

Video: Where will the new troops go? Video: Army town reacts to Afghanistan plan Video: More troops in Afghanistan? Obama, whom Republicans had accused of "dithering" over the decision, came to the conclusion that the deployment needs to be accelerated to knock back the Taliban, the officials said.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Janice Schakowsky

Bloomberg Business News

Afghanistan War Plan Adding Forces Sparks Skepticism Among U.S. Democrats

President Barack Obamaa s plan to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is being greeted with skepticism or outright opposition by Democrats and support from Republicans in Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steny Hoyer, 2008 Presidential Election, Dianne Feinstein, US Senate

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