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On the recordMay 21, 2025
I would correct a disingenuous argument that has been offered repeatedly. Folks on the other side throughout this past week and a half, 2 weeks, and we heard it tonight, say: Well, if we don't pass this bill, most Americans will face a tax increase. That is completely false. Time and again over the past 2 weeks, both in Ways and Means and Rules, Democratic Members offered amendments to protect and extend the tax cuts for every American making under $1 billion a year. Every single Democrat voted for those amendments. Every single Republican voted against them.
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Brendan Boyle
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Addressing claims about tax increases related to a proposed bill.

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