“Signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a written commitment to oppose and vote against any and all tax increases.”
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All three cited sources are reachable and support the FULL rating, with quotes verified against the live pages. (1) Senate Roll Call #325 (Aug 7, 2022) on H.R. 5376 (Inflation Reduction Act) shows "Daines (R-MT), Nay" verbatim — genuine outcome evidence of voting against a bill containing tax increases (the IRA's 15% corporate minimum tax and 1% stock-buyback excise tax are well documented). (2) OnTheIssues confirms verbatim "Daines signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge against raising taxes," documenting the pledge signing itself. (3) The Daines Senate press release confirms his opposition stance ("I intend to fight vigorously against it every step of the way."). FULL rather than CHAMPIONED is correct: the pledge is a defensive/oppositional commitment to vote against increases, and his key action was a party-line Nay vote plus co-sponsorship of the Death Tax Repeal Act — keeping the pledge, not leading a distinct anti-tax-increase legislative drive (co-sponsoring/voting is not authoring or leading). Not overstated and not UNRATABLE: concrete primary roll-call outcomes exist and there is no record of him voting for a tax increase. Confidence slightly below the original 0.88 because source #1's vote page does not itself label the bill as containing tax increases (that is an accurate but interpretive linkage), and source #3's quote is ellipsis-joined with only the closing clause independently confirmed.
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