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Ryan-McConnell Tax Plan Hurts Millions of Working Families in California
October 25, 2017
When House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his fellow California Republicans continue to push the Ryan-McConnell tax plan, they are working to raise taxes on middle class families in their own districts in order to give a multi-trillion dollar tax break to the wealthiest few in America.  The GOP repeal of state and local taxes would eliminate a critical deduction claimed by more than 6.1 million hard-working households in California, worth an average of more than $18,000.  
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NEW POLL: Only 28% of Americans Back Ryan-McConnell Tax Plan
October 24, 2017

"They think that the rich are going to benefit? … Well, the rich are going to always benefit.  The question is: What works?" – Senator Orrin Hatch

What ‘works'?  Certainly not the GOP tax cuts for the rich.  A new Reuters poll shows only 28 percent of Americans support the Ryan-McConnell tax framework.

Republicans' deeply damaging tax and budget agenda:

  • Raises taxes on middle class, working families

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Ryan-McConnell Tax Plan: A GOP Fairy Tale
October 24, 2017
Republicans plan to pass a budget this week that devastates America’s investments in good-paying jobs, growing wages and the bedrock promise of a secure and healthy retirement – nothing more than a shortcut to the Ryan-McConnell tax plan’s deficit-exploding, multi-trillion dollar tax breaks for the wealthiest.
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On MSNBC's AM Joy, Leader Pelosi Calls for A Better Deal for Hard-Working Americans, Opposes Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Few
October 22, 2017
This morning, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Joy Ann Reid on MSNBC’s AM Joy to discuss Republicans’ flawed Ryan-McConnell Tax Plan for Billionaires, which would cut taxes for the wealthy few on the backs of hard-working American families.  She also highlighted Democrats’ commitment to offering A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future by creating good-paying, full-time jobs, lowering the cost of living and building an economy that gives Americans the tools to succeed.
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On ABC's The View, Leader Pelosi Pushes Passing the DREAM Act Now
October 20, 2017
This morning, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Paula Faris and Meghan McCain on ABC's The View to discuss Democrats' commitment to passing the DREAM Act now.  Leader Pelosi reiterated her confidence that President Trump would sign the DREAM Act if brought to his desk because the American people agree – patriotic young DREAMers make America more American.

Leader Pelosi also discussed the pressing need for response efforts in rebuilding Puerto Rico,  and the opportunity it presents to modernize infrastructure following Hurricane Maria.

Below are the highlights.

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President Trump, What Happened to 'Low Prices for Great Care'?
October 20, 2017
From day one, the Trump Administration has cynically worked to sabotage Americans' health care for their partisan political ends, even after the American people overwhelmingly rejected Trumpcare.  With President Trump's executive actions – his latest spiteful efforts to sabotage Americans' health care, raise their costs and gut their coverage – he is hiking health premiums across America just weeks before open enrollment starts on November 1.

What happened to ‘you'll get such low prices for great care'?  Thanks to President Trump:

  • In New Mexico: Premiums will increase 30 percent.

  • In Wisconsin: Premiums will increase 36 percent.

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GOP Must End Health Care Chaos, Support Alexander-Murray
October 19, 2017
This week, Senators Lamar Alexander [R-TN] and Patty Murray [D-WA] announced a bipartisan agreement to stabilize insurance marketplaces, lower health costs for hard-working families and ensure patient protections.
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Apparently, It's 'Very Hard' for GOP to Avoid Tax Cuts for the Rich
October 18, 2017
Wall Street Investor and Then-Treasury Secretary Nominee Steven Mnuchin in NOVEMBER 2016: “…there will be no absolute tax cut for the upper class.”
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NEW POLL: Majority of Americans Are Not Buying GOP Tax Plan
October 18, 2017
President Trump and Congressional Republicans have been touting for weeks that the Ryan-McConnell tax plan is a ‘middle class miracle.'  Well, the American people are notbuying it.

A new CNN poll shows a majority of Americans oppose the GOP tax framework that is in reality just another multi-trillion dollar giveaway to the wealthiest at the expense of the middle class and working Americans.

  • 52% of Americans oppose the Ryan-McConnell tax plan.

  • Only 24% believe they and their families will be better off under the Ryan-McConnell tax plan.

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NEW DATA: GOP Tax Framework Will Devastate Middle-Class Homeowners
October 17, 2017
“[It’s] the thing we have to get over.” – Speaker Ryan on opposition to GOP plan to eliminate the state and local tax deduction (SALT)