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Today, House and Senate Republicans reached a preliminary deal to hold hands and walk the plank together on a historically unpopular Tax Scam that is facing fierce local backlash across the country. Despite massive problems with both the House and Senate versions, the backdoor negotiations yielded no meaningful fixes. The bill still includes tax hikes […]

Rep. Andy Barr is leading the charge to repeal the individual healthcare mandate as part of the GOP Tax Scam, joining dozens of Washington Republicans to urge congressional leadership to include the repeal in the final version of the tax bill. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has said repealing the individual mandate will result in […]

In case you missed it, headlines, editorials, and TV coverage across the country are capturing the fierce backlash vulnerable House Republicans are facing over their tax scam. The public outcry reflects the historic unpopularity of the Republican plan. “Vulnerable House Republicans are facing an intensifying backlash to their Tax Scam that cuts taxes for the […]

Reps. Taylor, Garrett, Brat, and Comstock and their Do Nothing Republican Congress have been so focused on repealing healthcare and passing their tax scam that they failed to renew federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides coverage to 192,831 Virginia children and expired in September. Their failure means that this week, on […]

“At a time when the Republican Party is grappling to find their moral compass, bringing up the Dream Act for a vote to protect law-abiding Dreamers shouldn’t be this difficult for Speaker Ryan and House Republicans,” said Javier Gamboa of the DCCC. “Make no mistake: the backlash against House Republicans will grow stronger every day […]

Make no mistake NRCC BUT WITH FACTS N’ STUFF | DECEMBER 7, 2017 https://www.nrcc.org/2017/12/07/make-no-mistake/ With all the lies and nonsense being spread by the Republicans about tax reform these days, we know it can be hard to figure out what the truth is with tax reform. Make no mistake—this bill is a tax increase for millions of […]

Vulnerable Republicans hoping and praying that the GOP Tax Scam will save their collective skin should have a seat and take a deep breath. It won’t. And the data is indisputable. “Poll after poll is showing that the GOP Tax Scam will drag down Republicans next November,” said DCCC Tyler Law. “Clearly, hiking taxes on […]

Last week, in the dead of night, the Senate passed its version of the Republican tax scam, an historically unpopular piece of legislation that 52% of Americans oppose. The bill includes tax hikes for middle-class Americans, massive giveaways to corporations and the wealthy, and repeals a crucial part of the Affordable Care Act that would […]

Tax Vote “Straw that broke the camel’s back” for one former Comstock voter “Maybe if Rep. Barbara Comstock held a single town hall, she would know that her vote to hike taxes on families and homeowners in Northern Virginia is not only feeding grassroots opposition in the district, it is also turning her own Republican […]

House Republicans have sunk so low in 2017 that many pundits have arbitrarily determined that the passage of the deeply unpopular GOP tax scam would be a “win.” There is zero evidence to support this – in fact, there’s mounting evidence to the contrary. Given the unpopularity of this tax scam, it’s clear that its […]