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Here is what Romney, so far in this campaign, has said. No changes to any entitlement programs for any seniors for the next 10 years. No specifics on how quickly his Medicare vouchers will grow for future seniors. No specifics on which tax breaks he’ll eliminate in order to offset the multi-trillion dollar cost of his tax cuts. No specific plan naming the cuts he’ll make to reach his $7 trillion target. No specifics on how he’ll equalize tax treatment of employer and individual health care. It is a campaign based on the principle of “not us, not now.”

Paul Ryan, the Republican candidate for vice president, says he wants to scuttle the tax breaks of America's rich, but he also proposes expanding one of the biggest breaks enjoyed by the wealthiest - the low tax rate on investment income.

Former Massachusetts Gov. and potential GOP 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney today penned an op-ed in USA Today criticizing the tax deal, though he stopped short of urging Republicans in Congress to vote against it. "Death and taxes, it is said ...

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Republicans, emboldened by their big mid-term elections wins, are mulling backing a temporary extension of Bush-era tax cuts, which would tee up the issue to use against President Barack Obama in 2012 contests.

Speaking on a Sunday talk show, Eric Cantor, the party's No. 2 leader in the House, takes a hard line on extending the cuts, which are due to expire at the end of the year.

The party's manifesto calls for tax and spending cuts, a repeal of Obama's healthcare law and strict adherence to the Constitution.Drawing on ideas favored by conservatives and given new voice by "tea party" activists, Republicans will unveil Thursday a governing manifesto that calls for dramatic cuts in government spending, repeal of the new healthcare law and a strict constitutional test for every proposed law, according to a draft of the plan.

GOP plan to extend array of tax breaks would raise deficits unless dramatic spending cuts are made.

GOP colleagues of House Minority Leader John Boehner are distancing themselves from the Ohio Republican's recent remarks that he would support President Obama's tax proposal.

The top Republican in the House said on Sunday he would support an extension of tax cuts for middle-class Americans even if tax cuts for the wealthy are allowed to expire.