(CNSNews.com) - Are Democrats done raising taxes on the American people?
"No," says House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
"We can raise more revenue," says Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).
And Sen. Dick Durban (D-Ill.) says "there are still deductions, credits, special treatments under the tax code which ought to be looked at very carefully."
The three Democrats took similar questions about additional tax hikes on different Sunday talk shows.
Interviewed Friday by Bob Schieffer, host of CBS's "Face the Nation," Pelosi was asked if the "revenue side" of the fiscal cliff is finished. Revenue means higher taxes to Democrats.
"No, no, it is not," Pelosi replied. "I mean, the president had said originally he wanted $1.6 trillion in revenue. He took it down to $1.2 as a compromise. In this legislation (fiscal cliff) we had $620 billion, very significant, high-end tax -- changing the high-end tax rate to 39.6 percent. But that is not enough on the revenue side."
"Are you talking about more taxes?" Schieffer asked Pelosi.
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