https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/10/mcconnell-we-have-a-voter-mandate-not-to-raise-taxes/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:33:45 -0400<![CDATA[&#8220;Let me put it very clearly,&#8221; says the five-term Republican senator from Kentucky. &#8220;I am not willing to raise taxes to turn off the sequester. Period.&#8221; On Jan. 1, Washington faces both a huge tax increase and an automatic spending cut known as the &#8220;sequester,&#8221; which could tip the economy back into recession. A newly emboldened President Obama is likely to take his soak-the-rich case straight to the people, I remind the senator. The political pressure to capitulate could become intense.]]>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:50:53 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/10/mcconnell-we-have-a-voter-mandate-not-to-raise-taxes-n97349