NTU: Tax & Fiscal Information for Senator John Kerry ($2.769 trillion over ten years)

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Tax & Fiscal Information for Senator John Kerry

The National Taxpayers Union (NTU) and National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF) have both conducted yearly analysis of John Kerry's record as Senator. This data is presented in Section I.

NTUF has also looked at the promises made by candidate Kerry on the 2004 campaign trail. We've gone through his website, speeches, statements in debates, and all other similar documents to see what he has promised. We then use our BillTally database to determine the costs to implement these promises. This data is presented in Section II. In a nutshell, NTUF has found that as of March 8, 2004, Kerry has proposed ideas which would lead to an annual increase of $276.9 billion in spending ($2.769 trillion over ten years).

I. Senator Kerry's Tax & Fiscal Record

The following table presents data from NTU and NTUF that provide insight into John Kerry's tax and spending record in the Senate. The table provides data from 3 sources:

1. NTU Rating of Congress: Every year NTU rates U.S. Representatives and Senators on their actual votes--every vote that significantly affects taxes,spending, debt, and regulatory burdens on consumers and taxpayers.

2. NTUF BillTally: BillTally analyzes the cost or savings of all legislation introduced in a given Congress that affects spending by at least $1 million. Agenda totals for individual lawmakers are developed by cross-indexing their sponsorship and cosponsorship records with cost estimates for those bills.

3. NTUF VoteTally: The VoteTally system tallies the spending at stake in the votes cast by each Member of Congress under accounting rules designed to ensure that no spending increases or decreases are double–counted.

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