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Dec. 19, 2017 Tweet - "Just in: Senate GOP rams through partisan tax bill that will hurt millions of working families across the country while the wealthiest 1% & largest corporations receive nothing short of a windfall #GOPTaxScam" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2017 Tweet - "Why are the GOP rushing through their partisan #GOPTaxScam? Because if the bill were to receive proper scrutiny, it would be revealed for what it is--a monumental give-away to corporate special-interests, campaign donors, and the wealthiest Americans." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2017 Tweet - "Let's be clear: the Senate will not be voting on the #TaxCutsandJobsAct tonight. We will be voting on the mashed-up #GOPTaxScam / #ArcticRefuge Drilling / #Healthcare Repeal bill." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 15, 2017 Congressman Krishnamoorthi On Republican Tax Plan: "If I Ever Wrote A Bill This Bad, I Wouldn't Want Anyone To Read It Either" Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - Expand Educator Expense Deduction in Final Tax Bill Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Peter Roskam, Rep. of the 6th District of Illinois, the Hon. John Shimkus, Rep. of the 15th District of Illinois - Put Middle-Income Illinoisans Ahead of Large Corporations as Tax Bill Conferees Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Charles Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Ron Wyden, Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin Brady, and Richard Neal - Oppose Tax Bill Provision that would Raise Taxes Substantially on Graduate Students and Hurt Our Economic Future Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Hon. Ron Wyden, Ranking Member, the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Richard Neal, Ranking Member - Protect k-12, Higher Education in Tax Reform Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - Include Death Tax Repeal in Tax Reform Bill During Conference Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance - Messer Pushes to Repeal Obamacare Individual Mandate in Final Tax Bill Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - Tax Reform and Higher Education Rep. Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "After receiving huge tax cuts from President Trump's #GOPTaxScam, corporations continue to put profits over investments in creating jobs and higher wages for U.S. workers. Another broken promise." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 6, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Congressman Gonzalez and Blue Dog Coalition Call on the U.s. Department of Treasury to Release Analysis on House, Senate Tax Bills Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Dec. 2, 2017 Tweet - "While the country slept, Republicans clapped and cheered their bill to take your hard earned money and give it to their richest donors. Keep watching this until you can never forget." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I'm willing to bet that not even one Republican Senator can tell us what their final tax bill will mean for American workers and their families. #GOPTaxScam" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "BREAKING: Senate Democrats just tried to get Senate Republicans to adjourn for a few days and take the time to actually read their tax bill. RT if you agree that reading bills before they're voted on is the least we can do." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Ordinary Americans will pay a heavy price just so Republicans can deliver a desperate political victory to their deep-pocketed donors. #GOPTaxScam" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I challenge any Republican Senator to come to the floor and explain what's in this bill. It looks like the real bill was just delivered to the Senate floor. Republicans will vote yes TONIGHT on a bill they haven't read." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Trying to review the #GOPTaxScam but they are making hand-written changes to brand new text as we speak -- can anyone else read this?" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Prediction: Right after they vote to explode the deficit with unpaid tax cuts for the wealthy, Republicans will magically turn back into "deficit hawks" so they can gut Medicare and Medicaid." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Let's talk about how today Senate Republicans will force a vote on a bill that neither of them has read. #GOPTaxScam" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I just tried to enter this page into the record so the American people know the kind of stunts @SenateGOP is pulling to pass their tax scam. But they wouldn't take it. Why? Because NOBODY can read it. #Page257" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "All the soft-focus hype videos in the world can't change the fact that this horrific bill is getting worse by the minute and that Republicans are desperate to pass something--anything--before anyone can read it or the CBO/JCT can score it." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "JUST IN: #GOPTaxScam passes. On the floor of the world's greatest deliberative body, @SenateGOP rammed through a bill without even reading it." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Under the Republican tax plan, America's seniors will see their health insurance premiums increase by an average of $1,490 according to the @AARP. Our seniors deserve better that this." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Let's be clear: Voting yes on this #GOPTaxScam is a vote to cut Medicare and Medicaid down the road." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Of course they are. Republican Senators will try to jam through a trillion dollar tax cut bill without even reading it." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Just when you thought the #GOPTaxScam couldn't get any worse, Senate Republicans just voted to let corporations ship jobs overseas. My amendment with @SenSherrodBrown would have stopped that." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Reminder: Republicans are still making last minute changes to their tax bill -- and they want to vote on it tonight. The American people don't even know what's in their final #GOPTaxScam." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "According to the @AARP, more than 5 million seniors could see their taxes increase under the Republican tax bill. That's a disaster for seniors living on a fixed income." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Republicans have lectured us on fiscal responsibility for years, but now they want to explode the deficit by $1.5 trillion to give tax cuts for the wealthy few. It seems the deficit hawks have flown away." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Instead of ramming through their tax scam, Republicans could be working to reauthorize health care for 9 million children. It's been 2 months." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Corporate CEOs come right out and say they'll use their massive tax cuts to pay out shareholders instead of creating jobs & helping American workers. Republicans, will you believe it now?" Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Senate Republicans just voted to advance a bill that will lead to 13 million Americans losing their health care, insurance premiums increasing by hundreds of dollars, and taxes going up for working families." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Republicans wanted spending offsets for food stamps for hungry Americans. Spending offsets for Hurricane Sandy victims. But they're just fine with trillions in unpaid tax cuts for the wealthy." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Duckworth Statement on Senate GOP Tax Bill Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Get this: The President's top outside economic adviser says the GOP tax scam is "not a true tax reform bill" and it's going to "hurt a lot of different people." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "The Republican tax plan is for their deep-pocketed donors, not ordinary Americans. Retweet if you think so too." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Under the Republican tax plan, 13 million Americans will lose their health care and health insurance premiums will go up. They just can't help themselves." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 28, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Richard Durbin, the Hon. Tammy Duckworth - Tax Reform & Middle Income Families Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Nov. 28, 2017 Tweet - "Corporate profits are at record highs. The last thing Republicans should be doing is ramming through massive tax cuts for corporations." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 27, 2017 Tweet - "According to the nonpartisan @USCBO, the tens of millions of Americans making $75,000 or less will be worse off because of the Republican tax plan. What a scam." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 27, 2017 Tweet - "This week, Republicans are desperately trying to ram through massive tax cuts for the wealthy -- by leaving working families in the dust. Shame." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 26, 2017 Tweet - "Reminder: Senate Republicans will try to ram through their billionaires first tax scam this coming week. Get ready to fight." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 20, 2017 Tweet - "Force $25 billion in automatic Medicare cuts, raise health care premiums, and leave 13 million without health insurance. This is your TAX plan?!" Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 17, 2017 Tweet - "Republicans: The American people don't like your tax plan. They don't like #Trumpcare. And they don't want to see their costs rise. Just give it up already." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2017 Foster Statement on Passage of GOP Tax Plan Rep. Bill Foster
Nov. 16, 2017 Bost Applauds House Passage of Tax Reform Legislation Rep. Mike Bost
Nov. 16, 2017 Tweet - "Retweet so every one of their constituents know: House Republicans just rammed through massive tax cuts for the wealthy few on the backs of middle income Americans." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Dec. 19, 2017 Tweet - "Just in: Senate GOP rams through partisan tax bill that will hurt millions of working families across the country while the wealthiest 1% & largest corporations receive nothing short of a windfall #GOPTaxScam" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2017 Tweet - "Why are the GOP rushing through their partisan #GOPTaxScam? Because if the bill were to receive proper scrutiny, it would be revealed for what it is--a monumental give-away to corporate special-interests, campaign donors, and the wealthiest Americans." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2017 Tweet - "Let's be clear: the Senate will not be voting on the #TaxCutsandJobsAct tonight. We will be voting on the mashed-up #GOPTaxScam / #ArcticRefuge Drilling / #Healthcare Repeal bill." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 15, 2017 Congressman Krishnamoorthi On Republican Tax Plan: "If I Ever Wrote A Bill This Bad, I Wouldn't Want Anyone To Read It Either" Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 15, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - Expand Educator Expense Deduction in Final Tax Bill Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Peter Roskam, Rep. of the 6th District of Illinois, the Hon. John Shimkus, Rep. of the 15th District of Illinois - Put Middle-Income Illinoisans Ahead of Large Corporations as Tax Bill Conferees Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Charles Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Ron Wyden, Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin Brady, and Richard Neal - Oppose Tax Bill Provision that would Raise Taxes Substantially on Graduate Students and Hurt Our Economic Future Rep.Bill Foster, ...
Dec. 8, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Hon. Ron Wyden, Ranking Member, the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Richard Neal, Ranking Member - Protect k-12, Higher Education in Tax Reform Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - Include Death Tax Repeal in Tax Reform Bill During Conference Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance - Messer Pushes to Repeal Obamacare Individual Mandate in Final Tax Bill Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Hon. Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee - Tax Reform and Higher Education Rep.Mike Bost, ...
Dec. 7, 2017 Tweet - "After receiving huge tax cuts from President Trump's #GOPTaxScam, corporations continue to put profits over investments in creating jobs and higher wages for U.S. workers. Another broken promise." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 6, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Congressman Gonzalez and Blue Dog Coalition Call on the U.s. Department of Treasury to Release Analysis on House, Senate Tax Bills Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Dec. 2, 2017 Tweet - "While the country slept, Republicans clapped and cheered their bill to take your hard earned money and give it to their richest donors. Keep watching this until you can never forget." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I'm willing to bet that not even one Republican Senator can tell us what their final tax bill will mean for American workers and their families. #GOPTaxScam" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "BREAKING: Senate Democrats just tried to get Senate Republicans to adjourn for a few days and take the time to actually read their tax bill. RT if you agree that reading bills before they're voted on is the least we can do." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Ordinary Americans will pay a heavy price just so Republicans can deliver a desperate political victory to their deep-pocketed donors. #GOPTaxScam" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I challenge any Republican Senator to come to the floor and explain what's in this bill. It looks like the real bill was just delivered to the Senate floor. Republicans will vote yes TONIGHT on a bill they haven't read." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Trying to review the #GOPTaxScam but they are making hand-written changes to brand new text as we speak -- can anyone else read this?" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Prediction: Right after they vote to explode the deficit with unpaid tax cuts for the wealthy, Republicans will magically turn back into "deficit hawks" so they can gut Medicare and Medicaid." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "Let's talk about how today Senate Republicans will force a vote on a bill that neither of them has read. #GOPTaxScam" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "I just tried to enter this page into the record so the American people know the kind of stunts @SenateGOP is pulling to pass their tax scam. But they wouldn't take it. Why? Because NOBODY can read it. #Page257" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "All the soft-focus hype videos in the world can't change the fact that this horrific bill is getting worse by the minute and that Republicans are desperate to pass something--anything--before anyone can read it or the CBO/JCT can score it." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 1, 2017 Tweet - "JUST IN: #GOPTaxScam passes. On the floor of the world's greatest deliberative body, @SenateGOP rammed through a bill without even reading it." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Under the Republican tax plan, America's seniors will see their health insurance premiums increase by an average of $1,490 according to the @AARP. Our seniors deserve better that this." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Let's be clear: Voting yes on this #GOPTaxScam is a vote to cut Medicare and Medicaid down the road." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Of course they are. Republican Senators will try to jam through a trillion dollar tax cut bill without even reading it." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Just when you thought the #GOPTaxScam couldn't get any worse, Senate Republicans just voted to let corporations ship jobs overseas. My amendment with @SenSherrodBrown would have stopped that." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Reminder: Republicans are still making last minute changes to their tax bill -- and they want to vote on it tonight. The American people don't even know what's in their final #GOPTaxScam." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "According to the @AARP, more than 5 million seniors could see their taxes increase under the Republican tax bill. That's a disaster for seniors living on a fixed income." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2017 Tweet - "Republicans have lectured us on fiscal responsibility for years, but now they want to explode the deficit by $1.5 trillion to give tax cuts for the wealthy few. It seems the deficit hawks have flown away." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Instead of ramming through their tax scam, Republicans could be working to reauthorize health care for 9 million children. It's been 2 months." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Corporate CEOs come right out and say they'll use their massive tax cuts to pay out shareholders instead of creating jobs & helping American workers. Republicans, will you believe it now?" Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Senate Republicans just voted to advance a bill that will lead to 13 million Americans losing their health care, insurance premiums increasing by hundreds of dollars, and taxes going up for working families." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Republicans wanted spending offsets for food stamps for hungry Americans. Spending offsets for Hurricane Sandy victims. But they're just fine with trillions in unpaid tax cuts for the wealthy." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Duckworth Statement on Senate GOP Tax Bill Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Get this: The President's top outside economic adviser says the GOP tax scam is "not a true tax reform bill" and it's going to "hurt a lot of different people." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "The Republican tax plan is for their deep-pocketed donors, not ordinary Americans. Retweet if you think so too." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 29, 2017 Tweet - "Under the Republican tax plan, 13 million Americans will lose their health care and health insurance premiums will go up. They just can't help themselves." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 28, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Richard Durbin, the Hon. Tammy Duckworth - Tax Reform & Middle Income Families Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Nov. 28, 2017 Tweet - "Corporate profits are at record highs. The last thing Republicans should be doing is ramming through massive tax cuts for corporations." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 27, 2017 Tweet - "According to the nonpartisan @USCBO, the tens of millions of Americans making $75,000 or less will be worse off because of the Republican tax plan. What a scam." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 27, 2017 Tweet - "This week, Republicans are desperately trying to ram through massive tax cuts for the wealthy -- by leaving working families in the dust. Shame." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 26, 2017 Tweet - "Reminder: Senate Republicans will try to ram through their billionaires first tax scam this coming week. Get ready to fight." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 20, 2017 Tweet - "Force $25 billion in automatic Medicare cuts, raise health care premiums, and leave 13 million without health insurance. This is your TAX plan?!" Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 17, 2017 Tweet - "Republicans: The American people don't like your tax plan. They don't like #Trumpcare. And they don't want to see their costs rise. Just give it up already." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2017 Foster Statement on Passage of GOP Tax Plan Rep.Bill Foster
Nov. 16, 2017 Bost Applauds House Passage of Tax Reform Legislation Rep.Mike Bost
Nov. 16, 2017 Tweet - "Retweet so every one of their constituents know: House Republicans just rammed through massive tax cuts for the wealthy few on the backs of middle income Americans." Sen.Dick Durbin
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