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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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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
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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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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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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 mak
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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 Amer
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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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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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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
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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)