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Economy, Taxes & Inflation

54
tracked promises
33%
of scored promises kept
10
stated positions
9/1
declared / inferred
9
officials on record

Officials on Economy, Taxes & Inflation

Officials on this issue
RDonald J. Trump3216%1
DJoe Biden1225%1
RTed Cruz2100%2
IBernard Sanders2100%1
RJohn Thune2100%1
RJosh Hawley1100%1
RTom Cotton1100%1
DCory A. Booker1100%1
DElizabeth Warren1100%1

Positions on record

  • Josh HawleyStated position

    Deliver working-class tax relief, including ending federal taxes on overtime pay.

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  • Ted CruzStated position

    Pass his No Tax on Tips Act to exempt workers' tips from the federal income tax.

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  • Bernard SandersStated position

    Make the wealthiest families and largest corporations pay their fair share by taxing extreme wealth to reverse income and wealth inequality.

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  • Elizabeth WarrenStated position

    Enact a wealth tax on billionaires and the ultra-rich (an annual tax on the largest fortunes).

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Tom CottonStated position

    Keep taxes low on working families and preserve the 2017 Republican tax cuts.

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  • 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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