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Election 2012: Romney says paid at least 13 percent taxes for 10 years

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08/16/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Romney says paid at least 13 percent taxes for 10 years

(Reuters) - Seeking to put an end to questions about his personal finances, Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Thursday he did not pay less than a 13 percent tax rate at any point over the last 10 years.

Analysis: Rhetoric aside, Obama and Romney not far apart on trade

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In this year's race for the U.S. presidency, Republican challenger Mitt Romney's brash confidence in free markets contrasts with President Barack Obama's more cautious approach.

Meet the Ryans, scattered fund investors like the rest of us

BOSTON (Reuters) - Paul Ryan and his wife have accumulated far more savings than the typical American couple, but they still face an all-too-common investing problem: holding an unwieldy collection of mutual funds.

Obama campaign accuses Republicans of smear tactics over bin Laden, leaks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama's re-election campaign on Wednesday accused Republicans of trying to "Swift Boat" the president, a reference to hardball smear tactics used to attack the war record of Democratic Senator John Kerry when he unsuccessfully challenged George W. Bush for the White House in 2004.

U.S. voters see Medicare as a top election issue: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare has become a top healthcare issue in the U.S. presidential election, surpassing the controversy over President Barack Obama's healthcare law, according to a poll conducted just as Republican Mitt Romney pushed the issue to the forefront of the campaign with his choice of running mate.

Voting rights issue heats up in battleground states Ohio, Pennsylvania

(Reuters) - A Pennsylvania judge handed Democrats a setback on Wednesday when he upheld the election battleground state's controversial voter identification law, which civil rights groups argued discriminates against minority voters.

Presidential campaign focus turns to Medicare, not jobs

DUBUQUE, Iowa (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched an attack Wednesday on congressman Paul Ryan's plan to reform Medicare, a divisive issue that has obscured Republican attempts to make the White House election campaign all about jobs.

Regulators clear hurdle for political text message donations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans moved a step closer to being able to make campaign contributions by text message on Wednesday when the Federal Election Commission approved protections sought by wireless carriers over fraud and profitability.

Obama taps White House brew on the campaign trail

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has stocked up on a new all-American campaign prop -- White House-brewed beer.

Ryan health tax credit idea fills in blank for Romney

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney wants to change the U.S. tax code's treatment of healthcare costs, but his vice presidential pick is one step ahead: Paul Ryan has proposed a plan to scrap a generations-old tax break enjoyed by millions of Americans.