claim: sheldon whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."
author: barry hinckley
evidence_1: feb 14, 2012 ... spending overall will not be cut, but will be increased by more than 60 percent, by  your own budget submission. ..... in the senate of the united states without 60  votes, close quote. .... at the same time, there will be no tax cuts for the middle  class. ...... senator sheldon whitehouse (d-ri): sorry, pat.
evidence_2: sheldon whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."  ... "under president obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families.".
evidence_3: nov 4, 2009 ... sheldon whitehouse. whitehouse: thank you. ...... (class 1) [d] michigan;  sheldon whitehouse u.s. senator (class 1) [d] rhode island.
evidence_4: sheldon whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."  ... "thirty percent of [sheldon whitehouse' campaign] money is coming from ...
evidence_5: jul 23, 2012 ... in the area of pay and compensation, the bill authorizes $135 billion ... and we  would send it--after voting on the conferenced bill--to the president for his  signature. .... the point is there is no such thing as a permanent middle class or  ..... mark begich, sheldon whitehouse, carl levin, robert p. casey, jr., ...