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US Presidential Candidates Address Hispanic Conference (2/2)

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"We have to make sure that we have a government that knows that a problem facing any American is a problem facing all Americans," he said.

Obama has said he wants to reduce taxes for middle-income earners. But he has pledged to repeal" class="hjdict" word="repeal" target=_blank>repeal many of the tax cuts enacted by President Bush. Obama says those cuts favor the wealthy.

Historically, as a group, Hispanics have tended to vote Democratic, sometimes by as much as a two-to-one ratio. But President Bush made significantinroads among Hispanics in his successful presidential bids. He won more than 40-percent of the Hispanic vote in 2004.
 
Today polls show a significant drop in Hispanic backing for the Republican Party. Many analysts blame this on the hard-line stance of many prominent Republicans on fighting illegalimmigration.
 
But Senator McCain is a longtime backer of comprehensiveimmigration reform that would provide a legal path to citizenship for many of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants residing in the United States. Obama has taken a similar position.

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生词表:
  • republican [ri´pʌblikən] 移动到这儿单词发声 a.共和国的 n.共和论者 四级词汇
  • illegal [i´li:gəl] 移动到这儿单词发声 a.不合法的,非法的 六级词汇
  • immigration [,imi´greiʃən] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.移民入境 四级词汇
  • citizenship [´sitiznʃip] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.公(市)民身分;国籍 四级词汇


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