U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Friday regarding his vote against the Democrat budget which raises taxes on lower- and middle-income families: "This debate made clear that Congressional Democrats are willing to raise taxes on middle- and lower-income families so they can spend more from Washington. Instead of working to increase the size of the family budget, Democrats once again chose to grow the government budget, raising taxes on middle-class American families by an average of $2,300 a year and refusing to reform the middle-class tax hike known as the AMT. Sadly, this budget does nothing to address the looming entitlement crisis our children will inherit from us."