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On the recordAugust 10, 2021
in the 11th hour, Democrats added a provision in the American Rescue Plan that this body did not have time to vet. Under this provision, if States took the money, they cannot lower their taxes in any way through 2024. Six Federal lawsuits have already been filed, including States like Louisiana, Ohio, and Arizona. West Virginia is leading a lawsuit with an additional 13 States, including New Hampshire and Montana. States are not happy with this overreach. We can fix this mistake now. States have the right to cut their own taxes, and we have no right to get in their way. I introduced the Let States Cut Taxes Act with Dan Bishop, of North Carolina, to repeal this overstep in the American Rescue Plan. A vote for this amendment is a vote to protect States' power to impose or cut their own taxes. Please join me on this bill across the board, and I ask for the yeas and the nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. The Senator from Oregon.
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Mike Braun
Republican · Indiana

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