WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama remains committed to not raising taxes on U.S. families earning less than $250,000 despite some conflicting statements from senior members of his economic team, the president's spokesman said Monday.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs restated the assurance after Treasury Secretary(美国财政部长) Tim Geithner and National Economic Council Director(国家经济委员会主任) Larry Summers appeared to leave open the possibility Obama would tap middle-class Americans' income.
"I'm going to deal with this and I'll do this one more time," Gibbs said after repeated questions from reporters about the differences between the economists and Obama. "The president was clear. He made a commitment in the campaign. That commitment stands."