Issue
Economy, Taxes & Inflation
Officials on Economy, Taxes & Inflation
Positions on record
- Laura GillenStated position
Restore the full State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction by eliminating the $10,000 cap — as an original co-sponsor of the bipartisan SALT Deductibility Act, push for full repeal of the cap.
View position & sources → - Manny RutinelStated position
Close corporate tax loopholes, make billionaires 'pay what they owe,' and crack down on wealthy tax cheats (restore audits of wealthy taxpayers).
View position & sources → - Manny RutinelStated position
Expand tax credits for millions of working parents.
View position & sources → - Adam GrayStated position
Lower the cost of living for Valley families by bringing down food, housing, and utility costs (e.g., the Stop Raising Prices on Food Act and the HEATS Act to lower energy costs).
View position & sources → - Jason SmithStated position
As Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Smith committed to writing and passing tax legislation that makes the individual and small-business provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, preventing their scheduled 2025 expiration and the resulting tax increase.
View position & sources → - Roger WilliamsStated position
Support a federal Balanced Budget Amendment and oppose efforts to raise the debt ceiling.
View position & sources → - Tim WalbergStated position
Committed to extending and making permanent the 2017 Trump tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), and voted for the reconciliation legislation that extended them.
View position & sources → - Mike RogersStated position
Signed Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a written commitment to oppose any and all efforts to increase individual and business income tax rates and to oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits unless matched by lower tax rates.
View position & sources → - Mike JohnsonStated position
I will make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent.
View position & sources → - Mark GordonStated position
Preserve funding for the Wyoming Business Council, opposing legislative efforts to defund the state economic-development agency.
View position & sources → - Josh SteinStated position
Raise the minimum wage and cut taxes for working families to deliver economic security.
View position & sources → - Greg GianforteStated position
Expand the business equipment tax exemption from $1 million to $3 million, eliminating the tax for more than 700 small businesses, farms, and ranches.
View position & sources → - James C. JusticeStated position
Committed to fight to rein in federal spending, target waste, fraud, and abuse, and reduce the national debt.
View position & sources → - David McCormickStated position
Get the federal fiscal house in order by passing a balanced budget amendment while protecting Social Security and Medicare benefits.
View position & sources → - David McCormickStated position
Reduce the cost of living for working families and those on fixed incomes by extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, eliminating federal taxes on tips, and maintaining the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction cap.
View position & sources → - Jon HustedStated position
On filing for re-election in 2026, pledged that his focus on delivering for Ohio's working families would carry into a full Senate term.
View position & sources → - Jacky RosenStated position
Committed to push the Federal Trade Commission to block the proposed Kroger-Albertsons grocery merger, citing concerns about consolidation raising food prices.
View position & sources → - Cindy Hyde-SmithStated position
Committed to fight to keep taxes low so that families and businesses retain more of their earnings.
View position & sources → - Angela D. AlsobrooksStated position
Alsobrooks will be a vocal advocate to pass a permanent Child Tax Credit.
View position & sources → - Rick ScottStated position
Cut taxes and advocate no tax increases as part of his Rescue America plan.
View position & sources → - John KennedyStated position
Committed to continue opposing policies that would increase inflation and add to the national debt.
View position & sources → - John KennedyStated position
Stated support for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and pledged to continue working to end waste, duplicative programs, and improper payments.
View position & sources → - Steve DainesStated position
Signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a written commitment to oppose and vote against any and all tax increases.
View position & sources → - Marsha BlackburnStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to keep taxes and prices low and to reduce what she characterizes as unnecessary spending and regulations to support economic growth.
View position & sources → - Michael F. BennetStated position
Create a statewide technology transfer assistance office coordinating with institutions of higher education to help move research into the marketplace.
View position & sources → - Michael F. BennetStated position
Establish a new Local Capital Fund that allocates capital to local financial institutions to expand access to capital for Colorado businesses.
View position & sources → - Christopher A. CoonsStated position
Introduced the bipartisan NO BOSS Act to modernize the Self-Employment Assistance program so unemployed workers can keep receiving unemployment benefits while working full-time to launch a business.
View position & sources → - Ron JohnsonStated position
As the incoming Senate Budget Committee chairman, committed (through his office) to work to draft and pass a third budget reconciliation bill ('Reconciliation 3.0').
View position & sources → - Mikie SherrillStated position
Expand New Jersey's Child Tax Credit by 25 percent to increase support for families with children.
View position & sources → - Jon HustedStated position
Introduced the INVEST Act, which would require federal agencies to unwind equity stakes in private companies within eight years and direct the proceeds toward reducing the national debt.
View position & sources → - Gabe VasquezStated position
Enact the Careworker Visa Act (H.R. 9234), which he introduced, to create a new legal visa pathway for qualified childcare, eldercare, and in-home careworkers to address the caregiver shortage and bring down care costs.
View position & sources → - Hakeem S. JeffriesStated position
The first bill (H.R. 1) of a Democratic House majority will be legislation to lower the cost of living, developed through five working groups covering housing, gas and utilities, groceries and goods, caregiving, and health care.
View position & sources → - Bob FergusonStated position
Call for enactment of a new 'Millionaires' Tax' on Washington's wealthiest residents.
View position & sources → - Ron DeSantisStated position
Eliminate property taxes on homesteaded Florida homes by placing a constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot, starting with a large homestead exemption and phasing toward full elimination.
View position & sources → - Mary PeltolaStated position
Create a federally subsidized 'Essential Freight Service' and restore Bypass Mail funding to lower shipping costs for rural Alaska.
View position & sources → - Mary PeltolaStated position
Eliminate federal income tax entirely for working- and middle-class Alaskans earning less than $92,000 per year, paid for by raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires.
View position & sources → - Patty MurrayStated position
Committed to introduce legislation closing an estate-tax loophole used by the ultra-wealthy to avoid taxes on inherited wealth.
View position & sources → - Brendan F. BoyleStated position
Enact Boyle's Gas Price Relief Act (H.R. 8600) to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax when the national average price of gasoline exceeds roughly $4 per gallon, fully offset by ending certain oil-and-gas company subsidies.
View position & sources → - Tim WalzStated position
Proposed to cut Minnesota's statewide sales tax for the first time in state history.
View position & sources → - Tim WalzStated position
Proposed $10 million in partially-forgivable loans for businesses that lost significant revenue during Operation Metro Surge (referred to in the speech as 'the occupation').
View position & sources → - Michael J RogersStated position
When elected to the U.S. Senate, make permanent the tax cuts eliminating taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security.
View position & sources → - Mark KellyStated position
Pledged to remain laser-focused on bringing down the high costs hitting Arizona families, including strengthening energy independence and eliminating the federal gas tax through the end of the year.
View position & sources → - Elizabeth WarrenStated position
Enact the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act — an annual 2% tax on household net worth above $50 million, plus an additional 1% on net worth above $1 billion — to raise revenue from the wealthiest households.
View position & sources → - Brendan F. BoyleStated position
Enact the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, which Boyle co-leads in the House, imposing a 2% annual tax on household net worth above $50 million plus an additional 1% annual surtax on net worth above $1 billion.
View position & sources → - Angus S. King, Jr.Stated position
Committed, through the 3% Resolution introduced with Sen. Kevin Cramer, to the goal of reducing the federal budget deficit to 3% of GDP by 2030.
View position & sources → - Mike RoundsStated position
Rounds committed to advance legislation modernizing federal securities law (raising the SEC private-fund-adviser registration threshold) to expand small businesses' and entrepreneurs' access to capital.
View position & sources → - Chris Van HollenStated position
Introduced the Working Americans' Tax Cut Act, committing to eliminate federal income taxes for workers earning below the median cost of living (about $46,000) and to provide a tax cut for tens of millions of other working Americans.
View position & sources → - Mikie SherrillStated position
Balance the state budget without raising taxes on individual New Jersey residents.
View position & sources → - Mikie SherrillStated position
Deliver the largest amount of property tax relief in state history — nearly $4.2 billion — in her first budget, through the ANCHOR, Senior Freeze, and Stay NJ programs.
View position & sources → - Bill CassidyStated position
Introduced the Fiscal Commission Act to establish a bipartisan commission charged with addressing the national debt.
View position & sources → - Rick ScottStated position
Support and advance a constitutional amendment requiring the federal government to balance its budget, with a supermajority vote in Congress needed to authorize emergency spending that exceeds the nation's revenues.
View position & sources → - Gretchen WhitmerStated position
Deliver a balanced, bipartisan FY27 state budget on time — by June 30, 2026.
View position & sources → - Michael F. BennetStated position
Pursue a 'Build for the Future' cost-of-living agenda aimed at ensuring no Coloradan is forced to spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
View position & sources → - Gretchen WhitmerStated position
Provide property-tax relief to about 335,000 Michigan seniors through an expanded credit that refunds roughly 10% of their property taxes (about $345 per year on average).
View position & sources → - Ned LamontStated position
Asked the legislature to extend the state's Federal Cuts Response Fund (emergency reserve) through the end of the next fiscal year to backfill potential federal funding reductions.
View position & sources → - Janet MillsStated position
Return a share of the state surplus to residents through direct relief checks (proposed at about $500 per person; enacted as $850 checks to an estimated 858,000 Mainers).
View position & sources → - Abigail SpanbergerStated position
Direct all Cabinet Secretaries and executive-branch agencies to submit reports within 90 days identifying concrete budgetary, regulatory, or policy changes that would reduce costs for Virginians (the Statewide Affordability Directive).
View position & sources → - Jared PolisStated position
Bring homeowners insurance rates down in 2026, including by making hail-resistant roofs more affordable and reducing fire risk to lower claims and premiums.
View position & sources → - Brian KempStated position
Cut Georgia's personal and corporate income tax rate by a further 20 basis points to 4.99 percent, fulfilling his re-election campaign pledge to lower the state income tax rate below 5 percent, three years ahead of schedule.
View position & sources → - Jared PolisStated position
Pursue a cut to Colorado's state income tax rate in the 2026 legislative session, building on the special-session closure of corporate tax loopholes.
View position & sources → - Jared PolisStated position
Fund the senior homestead property-tax exemption in 2026.
View position & sources → - Jim PillenStated position
Create a 'Grow the Good Life' incentive giving businesses a 10% tax credit for a full decade when they bring new, highly paid workers to Nebraska.
View position & sources → - Jim PillenStated position
Deliver a $500 million improvement to the state's bottom line in the biennium through budget/spending reductions.
View position & sources → - Kim ReynoldsStated position
Cap overall revenue growth for cities and counties at no more than 2% per year (excluding new construction, debt service, and school funding) as part of a property tax reform plan her office estimates would save taxpayers more than $3 billion over six years.
View position & sources → - Mike KehoeStated position
Never support extending sales taxes onto agriculture, healthcare, or real estate as part of the income-tax elimination plan.
View position & sources → - Bob FergusonStated position
Provide a one-time $200 household utility bill credit to 125,000 Washington families.
View position & sources → - Mike KehoeStated position
Deliver a balanced state budget, cutting more than $600 million from the general-revenue core, when he acts on the budget in June 2026.
View position & sources → - Bob FergusonStated position
Cut taxes on small businesses so they owe no B&O (business and occupation) tax until they gross more than $1 million in revenue.
View position & sources → - Dan McKeeStated position
Expand the dependent deduction to create Rhode Island's first permanent Child Tax Credit of $325 per child.
View position & sources → - Larry RhodenStated position
Proposed cutting owner-occupied property taxes by giving voters in each county the option to replace the county's share of property taxes with a half-cent sales tax.
View position & sources → - Dan McKeeStated position
Put forward a budget plan to eliminate the Rhode Island state tax on Social Security income.
View position & sources → - Katie HobbsStated position
Proposed a $3.50-per-night fee on short-term rental (e.g., Airbnb) stays to provide ongoing funding for the Arizona Affordability Fund.
View position & sources → - Todd YoungStated position
Committed to passing the Stronger Start for Working Families Act to make the Child Tax Credit refundable starting from the first dollar of earnings, expanding access for low-income working parents.
View position & sources → - Katie HobbsStated position
Pledged to sign the "Middle Class Tax Cuts Package" if the Legislature sends it to her desk — a package she says delivers an over-$200 million tax cut, including no tax on tips and overtime, a higher standard deduction, and an added deduction for seniors over 65.
View position & sources → - Katie HobbsStated position
Proposed creating an Arizona Affordability Fund, starting with a $20 million investment, to help working families pay utility bills, weatherize homes to lower energy costs, and build more affordable housing units.
View position & sources → - Andy BeshearStated position
Create a $75 million fund to help at-risk Kentuckians pay their utility bills.
View position & sources → - Andy BeshearStated position
Reinvest in job creation with $70 million for site development (plus infrastructure and a rural economic development fund) to attract new projects statewide.
View position & sources → - Ben Ray LujánStated position
Committed (with Senate Democrats) to keep pushing back against Republican policies and fight for an economy that works for American families, not just the wealthy.
View position & sources → - Jon OssoffStated position
Committed to introduce the bipartisan Support Small Business Growth Act to create a new tax deduction for small businesses with fewer than 15 employees, based on wages paid.
View position & sources → - Cynthia M. LummisStated position
Co-sponsored a constitutional balanced budget amendment (the Principles-Based Balanced Budget Amendment) requiring the federal government to balance its budget within 10 years of ratification.
View position & sources → - John CornynStated position
Serve as a 'battle-tested' partner to President Trump to restore law and order, cut taxes and spending, and 'take back our jobs and supply chains' — the platform he launched his 2026 re-election campaign on.
View position & sources → - Ron WydenStated position
Committed, through reintroducing the Billionaires Income Tax Act, to change tax law so people with more than $1 billion in assets pay tax each year on their gains rather than deferring it.
View position & sources → - Rand PaulStated position
Committed to balancing the federal budget within five years through his 'Six Penny Plan,' which would cut projected federal spending by roughly six percent each year until on-budget outlays and revenues balance in year five.
View position & sources → - Ruben GallegoStated position
Pass the No Tax on Large Party Tips Act to ensure auto-gratuities and recommended tips (such as those added for large restaurant parties) are covered by the federal 'no tax on tips' provision.
View position & sources → - Brendan F. BoyleStated position
Enact the Debt Ceiling Reform Act, which Boyle sponsors, to end debt-ceiling brinkmanship by giving the Treasury Secretary authority to keep paying the nation's bills unless both chambers of Congress pass a veto-proof resolution of disapproval.
View position & sources → - Gavin NewsomStated position
Newsom championed and enacted an expansion of California's Film and Television Tax Credit Program, more than doubling its annual funding from $330 million to $750 million to keep production in the state.
View position & sources → - Ron JohnsonStated position
Committed to keep working to return the federal government to pre-pandemic spending levels in order to move toward a balanced budget.
View position & sources → - Nathan JohnsonStated position
Committed to keep working to return the federal government to pre-pandemic spending levels in order to move toward a balanced budget.
View position & sources → - Jack ReedStated position
Pledged to continue working on a bipartisan basis to oppose the House-passed rescissions package that would claw back $9.4 billion for humanitarian aid, NPR, and PBS.
View position & sources → - Ron JohnsonStated position
Committed to keep working to cut federal spending and put the federal budget on a path toward balance.
View position & sources → - Christina BohannanStated position
Vote to repeal the Trump administration's tariffs, which she calls one of the biggest tax increases in American history.
View position & sources → - Mike CrapoStated position
As Senate Finance Committee Chairman, commits to enacting reconciliation legislation that makes the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Trump tax cuts) permanent and prevents an over-$4 trillion tax increase on families and businesses.
View position & sources → - Nathan JohnsonStated position
Said he would not vote for the 2025 Republican budget reconciliation bill unless it was changed to seriously address the deficit and spending. (He ultimately voted to advance it after stating his conditions were met.)
View position & sources → - Ron JohnsonStated position
Said he would not vote for the 2025 Republican budget reconciliation bill unless it was changed to seriously address the deficit and spending. (He ultimately voted to advance it after stating his conditions were met.)
View position & sources → - John BarrassoStated position
Committed to making the 2017 Republican tax cuts permanent, framing it as a core Republican deliverable in the 119th Congress.
View position & sources → - Ron JohnsonStated position
Vowed to withhold his vote for the 2025 Republican reconciliation bill (the 'One Big Beautiful Bill') unless it returned federal spending to a reasonable, pre-pandemic level with a process to achieve and maintain it.
View position & sources → - Roger MarshallStated position
Sponsor and pass legislation to eliminate federal income tax on overtime wages, delivering President Trump's 'No Tax on Overtime' pledge. Marshall introduced and is leading the Overtime Wages Tax Relief Act to accomplish this.
View position & sources → - Ashley MoodyStated position
Introduced the Secure U.S. Leadership in Space Act to give spaceports the same tax-exempt private-activity-bond access already available to airports and seaports, to strengthen Florida's spaceports and aerospace partnerships.
View position & sources → - Matt MeyerStated position
Reduce personal income taxes for 92% of Delaware residents.
View position & sources → - Raphael G. WarnockStated position
Keep fighting to pass an expansion of the Child Tax Credit (American Family Act) to support working families.
View position & sources → - Brendan F. BoyleStated position
Pass the Paying a Fair Share Act (the 'Buffett Rule'), which Boyle leads in the House, to set a 30% minimum effective tax rate on individuals earning more than $1 million per year.
View position & sources → - Josh HawleyStated position
Pass the No Tax on Overtime Act to exclude overtime pay from federal income tax.
View position & sources → - Josh SteinStated position
Cut taxes to help families manage the cost of raising a child.
View position & sources → - Pete RickettsStated position
Work with the President and administration to codify the 2017 Trump tax cuts into permanent federal law.
View position & sources → - Ron DeSantisStated position
Eliminate Florida's business rent tax (the tax on commercial leases).
View position & sources → - Ron DeSantisStated position
Not seek to raise state taxes.
View position & sources → - Ron DeSantisStated position
Add a new sales-tax holiday on marine fuel to benefit boaters and anglers.
View position & sources → - Mark GordonStated position
Deliver permanent property tax relief for Wyoming homeowners; he signed Senate Enrolled Act 60, a 25% exemption on the first $1 million of a single-family home's fair market value with no sunset.
View position & sources → - JB PritzkerStated position
Pledged to only sign a balanced state budget and to require offsetting cuts for any new spending.
View position & sources → - Tony EversStated position
Pledged to provide nearly $2 billion in tax relief in his 2025-27 budget, including eliminating income taxes on tips.
View position & sources → - Tony EversStated position
Committed to holding the line on property taxes in his budget so that the average homeowner would not see a property tax increase.
View position & sources → - Kevin CramerStated position
Cramer committed to passing the Death Tax Repeal Act to permanently repeal the federal estate ('death') tax.
View position & sources → - Patrick MorriseyStated position
Enact a plan to give West Virginia the lowest personal income tax of all its bordering states.
View position & sources → - Patrick MorriseyStated position
Submit and enact a balanced 'Mountain State Comeback Budget' as a down payment on a multi-year plan to close the state's budget shortfall, including over 2% in general-revenue reductions.
View position & sources → - Deb FischerStated position
Committed to get her Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit extension-and-enhancement legislation included in whatever federal tax package Congress considered in 2025.
View position & sources → - Josh ShapiroStated position
Accelerate the scheduled reductions to Pennsylvania's Corporate Net Income Tax by two years.
View position & sources → - Greg AbbottStated position
Pass at least $10 billion in new property tax relief, which Abbott declared an emergency item for the 2025 legislative session.
View position & sources → - Jack ReedStated position
Committed to do everything in his power to help lower prices for working families and meet Rhode Islanders' needs during the 119th Congress.
View position & sources → - Mike BraunStated position
Provide state tax relief on seniors' retirement income.
View position & sources → - Mike BraunStated position
Cut property taxes for Hoosier homeowners, farmers, and businesses and cap the annual increase in tax bills, delivering property tax relief as the central plank of his Freedom and Opportunity Agenda.
View position & sources → - Henry McMasterStated position
Eliminate South Carolina's personal income tax entirely, continuing to cut the rate "as much and as fast as we can" until it reaches zero.
View position & sources → - Mike KehoeStated position
Eliminate Missouri's individual income tax. Kehoe directed the Department of Revenue to develop a plan to eliminate the individual income tax 'once and for all,' and reaffirmed the goal a year later.
View position & sources → - Phil ScottStated position
Proposed a $9 billion fiscal-year 2026 state budget that does not raise taxes or fees.
View position & sources → - Nathan JohnsonStated position
Committed to making the individual income and estate tax provisions of the 2017 Trump tax law permanent, rather than allowing them to expire.
View position & sources → - Ron JohnsonStated position
Committed to making the individual income and estate tax provisions of the 2017 Trump tax law permanent, rather than allowing them to expire.
View position & sources → - Charles E. SchumerStated position
Do everything in his power to fully repeal the SALT (state and local tax) deduction cap.
View position & sources → - Ted CruzStated position
Committed to enacting his bipartisan No Tax on Tips Act to end federal income taxation of voluntary tips earned by tipped workers.
View position & sources → - Tim ScottStated position
Committed to promote and develop policies that increase access to capital for entrepreneurs and small businesses across the country.
View position & sources → - Bob FergusonStated position
Refuse to sign any state budget that relies on unrealistic revenue-growth assumptions to balance.
View position & sources → - Joe LombardoStated position
Keep the state budget balanced without raising taxes on Nevada families.
View position & sources → - Andrew R. GarbarinoStated position
Repeal the $10,000 federal cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction and restore the full SALT deduction, via the SALT Deductibility Act he sponsors as co-chair of the bipartisan SALT Caucus.
View position & sources → - Kim ReynoldsStated position
Cut in half the unemployment insurance payments that Iowa employers make.
View position & sources → - Kathy HochulStated position
Cut middle-class income taxes for more than 8.3 million New York taxpayers, bringing rates to their lowest level in nearly 70 years.
View position & sources → - Kathy HochulStated position
Send 'inflation refund' checks of up to $500 to more than 8.6 million New York households, returning surplus sales-tax revenue.
View position & sources → - Greg GianforteStated position
Reduce Montana's top individual income tax rate from 5.9% to 4.9%, which he described as the largest income tax cut in state history.
View position & sources → - Greg GianforteStated position
Enact a 'homestead' property tax rate cut for Montanans' primary residences, projected to lower property taxes for homeowners by about 15% and for small businesses by about 18%.
View position & sources → - Marsha BlackburnStated position
Blackburn committed to work to make the 2017 tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) permanent.
View position & sources → - Kelly AyotteStated position
Maintain New Hampshire's status of having no income tax and no sales tax, pledging never to institute either.
View position & sources → - Phil ScottStated position
Pledged that if school boards contain spending growth to the projected level, his budget would lower the impact of the coming year's education property tax increase, with a stated goal of eliminating it.
View position & sources → - Kelly ArmstrongStated position
Put the bulk of North Dakota primary residences on a path to zero property taxes within the next decade.
View position & sources → - Brad LittleStated position
Propose an additional $100 million round of tax relief for Idaho families, on top of $4.6 billion returned over the prior five years.
View position & sources → - Martin HeinrichStated position
As he began his third Senate term, continue working to lower costs for working families, grow the economy, advance clean energy, and keep communities safe.
View position & sources → - Ben Ray LujánStated position
Committed to push for a fair tax code that provides middle-class New Mexicans with tax relief.
View position & sources → - Steve ScaliseStated position
Make the 2017 Trump tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) permanent and prevent their scheduled expiration by passing a single budget-reconciliation bill (the 'One Big Beautiful Bill').
View position & sources → - Josh HawleyStated position
Push to expand the Child Tax Credit to $5,000 per child, applied to payroll taxes and paid in installments, in the next tax bill.
View position & sources → - Jim BanksStated position
In a 'Working Families First' agenda, said he plans to work with President Trump to enact a policy agenda focused on American industry, citizens, and families.
View position & sources → - Spencer CoxStated position
Eliminate Utah's state income tax on Social Security benefits.
View position & sources → - Pete RickettsStated position
Fix the broken congressional appropriations process and get federal spending under control.
View position & sources → - Pete RickettsStated position
Push to restore Trump-era pro-growth economic policies.
View position & sources → - Jeff LandryStated position
Provide tax relief for senior citizens as part of the tax-reform package.
View position & sources → - Jeff LandryStated position
Overhaul the state tax system, lowering income taxes to put more money in workers' pockets and fully eliminating income taxes for the working poor.
View position & sources → - Catherine Cortez MastoStated position
Cortez Masto introduced the bipartisan WAGER Act, committing that her legislation will provide tax relief to consumers and the sports gaming industry, create jobs, keep tax money in Nevada, and crack down on illegal betting.
View position & sources → - Josh HawleyStated position
Deliver working-class tax relief, including ending federal taxes on overtime pay.
View position & sources → - Josh HawleyStated position
Cap credit-card interest rates to provide relief to working families.
View position & sources → - Ted CruzStated position
Pass his No Tax on Tips Act to exempt workers' tips from the federal income tax.
View position & sources → - Bernard SandersStated position
Make the wealthiest families and largest corporations pay their fair share by taxing extreme wealth to reverse income and wealth inequality.
View position & sources → - Wes MooreStated position
Cut government red tape so Maryland becomes the friendliest state in the nation to start a business.
View position & sources → - Kevin StittStated position
Ask voters, via a state question, to write a 3% annual cap on recurring state spending growth into the Oklahoma Constitution.
View position & sources → - Kevin StittStated position
Put Oklahoma on a "path to zero" personal income tax and sign any tax cut sent to his desk, incrementally lowering the income tax rate with the stated goal of full elimination.
View position & sources → - Jim PillenStated position
Slash property taxes paid by Nebraskans by an average of 50 percent through the property tax reduction plan presented for the 2024 special session.
View position & sources → - Dan McKeeStated position
Call for reducing the state corporate minimum tax from $400 to $350, which most affects the smallest businesses.
View position & sources → - Dan McKeeStated position
Set a state goal to raise Rhode Island per capita income by a minimum of $20,000 by the year 2030.
View position & sources → - Rosa L. DeLauroStated position
Enact the American Family Act to permanently expand and improve the Child Tax Credit, restoring the 2021 monthly credit of $300 per month ($3,600/year) for each child under 6 and $250 per month ($3,000/year) for each child ages 6-17, paid in monthly installments and fully refundable.
View position & sources → - Tim SheehyStated position
Committed to passing legislation to withhold pay from members of Congress who fail to pass a balanced budget.
View position & sources → - Eric SchmittStated position
On Tax Day, pledged to continue standing against 'business as usual' spending in Washington.
View position & sources → - Elizabeth WarrenStated position
Enact a wealth tax on billionaires and the ultra-rich (an annual tax on the largest fortunes).
View position & sources → - Katie Boyd BrittStated position
Cosponsored a constitutional balanced budget amendment (S.J.Res.13) to require the federal government to enact a balanced budget each year.
View position & sources → - Donald J. TrumpStated position
We will phase in a system of universal, baseline tariffs on most foreign products. As tariffs on foreign producers go up, taxes on American producers will go down and go down very substantially.
View position & sources → - Mike LeeStated position
Committed to enact a constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment requiring the federal government to balance its budget each year, casting it as the starting point for eliminating deficits and reducing the national debt; he has repeatedly introduced the amendment (most recently with Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2023).
View position & sources → - Cory A. BookerStated position
Booker committed to enacting the American Opportunity Accounts Act ('Baby Bonds'), which would create a federally managed savings account seeded with $1,000 for every American child at birth, with additional annual deposits scaled to family income, accessible at age 18 for uses such as homeownership and higher education.
View position & sources → - Ted BuddStated position
Budd committed to amending the U.S. Constitution to require the President and Congress to balance the federal budget every year, sponsoring a Balanced Budget Amendment to that end.
View position & sources → - Joe LombardoStated position
Increase Rainy Day Fund savings from 20 percent to 30 percent and fully fund the account, adding roughly $630 million.
View position & sources → - Joe LombardoStated position
Suspend Nevada's state motor vehicle fuel (gas) tax for 12 months, which he estimated would save consumers and businesses about $250 million.
View position & sources → - Joe LombardoStated position
Cut the Modified Business Tax rate by 15 percent, lowering it to 1.17 percent.
View position & sources → - Tate ReevesStated position
Completely eliminate Mississippi's individual income tax, phasing the rate down to zero.
View position & sources → - Sarah Huckabee SandersStated position
Committed to leverage Arkansas's natural beauty to promote tourism, an effort that became the Natural State Initiative.
View position & sources → - Sarah Huckabee SandersStated position
Pledged to keep cutting Arkansas's state income tax until it is eliminated entirely, saying she would keep cutting it "no matter how long it takes."
View position & sources → - John ThuneStated position
Make the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax relief permanent and prevent scheduled tax increases on hardworking families and small businesses.
View position & sources → - Raphael G. WarnockStated position
Fight to pass a federal gas-tax holiday bill to lower gas prices and provide relief at the pump for Georgia families.
View position & sources → - James LankfordStated position
Committed to continue working to reduce federal spending and to pursue reforms of the federal budget process.
View position & sources → - Laura KellyStated position
Enact a plan to "Axe the Food Tax" and eliminate the Kansas state sales tax on groceries.
View position & sources → - Juan CiscomaniStated position
Signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, committing to oppose any and all efforts to increase income tax rates on individuals or businesses and to oppose any net reduction or elimination of tax deductions and credits unless matched dollar-for-dollar by rate cuts.
View position & sources → - Cynthia M. LummisStated position
Introduced the Pay Down the Debt Act to let state and local governments redirect federal grant money toward reducing the national debt.
View position & sources → - James E. RischStated position
Named reducing the national debt as his top priority, framing the debt as an existential threat he will focus on.
View position & sources → - Jon OssoffStated position
Promised that electing him and Raphael Warnock would result in the Senate passing $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks for Americans.
View position & sources → - Dan SullivanStated position
Continue fighting for Alaska-specific priorities and Alaskan jobs in future federal COVID-19 relief legislation as the state's economy recovers.
View position & sources → - Joe BidenStated position
We'll not only build back, we'll build back better — with 5 million new manufacturing and technology jobs so the future is made in America.
View position & sources → - Lisa C. McClainStated position
Signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, committing to oppose any and all efforts to increase federal income tax rates on individuals or businesses and to oppose any net reduction or elimination of tax deductions or credits unless matched dollar-for-dollar by further rate cuts.
View position & sources → - Cory A. BookerStated position
Continue fighting to create 'baby bonds' — a federally funded savings account for every child born in America — to close the racial wealth gap.
View position & sources → - Tom CottonStated position
Keep taxes low on working families and preserve the 2017 Republican tax cuts.
View position & sources → - Mike DunleavyStated position
Enact a constitutional spending limit (a 'spending and savings rule') to restrain growth in state government spending.
View position & sources → - Mike DunleavyStated position
Amend the Alaska Constitution so that no new tax can be created or increased without a statewide vote of the people.
View position & sources → - Steve DainesStated position
Committed to work to require the federal government to balance its budget, introducing the Balanced Budget Accountability Act as his first bill in the Senate.
View position & sources → - Lindsey GrahamStated position
Sign the Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge, committing to make substantial cuts in spending, enforce statutory spending caps, and pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution before voting to increase the debt limit.
View position & sources → - Ted CruzInferred · AI analysis · 70% confidence
On taxes, the sponsor's cited record shows support for rolling back federal tax-reporting regulation: he was the lead sponsor of S.J.Res. 3 (119th Congress), a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying the IRS rule requiring brokers to report gross proceeds from digital-asset (cryptocurrency) sales. This reflects a lighter-touch approach to tax-compliance regulation. Note: the measure repeals a reporting requirement and does not itself change tax rates or tax liabilities.
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