WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Tuesday on the Crapo motion which would have included the President’s pledge to stop any tax hike on families making less than $250,000:

“We thank those Democrats who attempted to protect middle class taxpayers, but since we've come up short, taxpayers are now counting on at least one of those Democrats to stand with them when this bill faces the ultimate 60-vote test. Although a bipartisan group of Senators tried to uphold President Obama’s campaign promise to protect middle class families from tax hikes, Senate Democrats defeated an attempt to remove these tax hikes from the bill—despite the President’s pledge.  No matter what bill the Democrats write behind closed doors, the American people know for sure what it will mean: more tax hikes on middle class families.”

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