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Feb. 15, 2022
Kennedy introduces bill to end taxpayer funding for nonprofits engaged in human trafficking, smuggling
Sen. John Kennedy
Feb. 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Hagerty, Colleagues Urge IRS to Provide Maximum Taxpayer Support During Difficult Filing Season
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 11, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS - Fischer Urges IRS To Provide Maximum Taxpayer Support During Difficult Filing Season
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 10, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS - Portman, Senate Republicans Urge IRS to Provide Maximum Taxpayer Support During Difficult Filing Season
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 10, 2022
Kennedy, Rubio introduce bill to block taxpayer dollars from funding crack pipes
Sen. John Kennedy
Feb. 8, 2022
Kennedy, Scott introduce bill blocking IRS from collecting taxpayers' biometric data
Sen. John Kennedy, ...
Feb. 4, 2022
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner IRS - Thune Takes IRS to Task for Intrusive Identity Verification Measures
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 4, 2022
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Portman, Republican Colleagues Raise Serious Concerns with Intrusive IRS Identity Verification Measures
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 2, 2022
Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary Dept. of Treasury - Kennedy presses Yellen to return more than $26 billion in savings bonds to rightful owners
Sen. John Kennedy
Feb. 2, 2022
Letter to the United States Senate - Finance Committee Republicans: Congress Should Close the Book on the Failed Book Minimum Tax
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 2, 2022
Letter to Senate Colleagues - Portman, Finance Committee Republicans: Congress Should Close the Book on the Failed Book Minimum Tax
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 31, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - As 2022 Tax Filing Season Begins, Warner & Kaine Join Bipartisan Call for IRS to Provide Relief for Taxpayers & Reduce Processing Backlogs
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 26, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of Treasury, and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS - Warner Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Call for IRS to Provide Penalty Relief for Taxpayers as IRS Faces Extensive Processing Backlogs
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 26, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS- Menendez, Cassidy Lead 214 Colleagues in Bipartisan, Bicameral Call for IRS to Provide Penalty Relief for Taxpayers as IRS Faces Extensive Processing Backlogs
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to the United States Senate - Finance Republicans: Innovation-Killing Government Price Control Mandates Must Not Become Law
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Rogers, Colleagues Express Outrage Over Taxpayer Dollars Being Used to Buy Made-In-China Masks
Rep. Steve Scalise, ...
Jan. 11, 2022
Kennedy to Powell: How much debt is too much?
Sen. John Kennedy
Jan. 5, 2022
Tweet - "Right now in America: - Inflation soaring - Supply chain crisis - Big Tech out of control - Border crisis - Opioid overdoses increasing - Energy prices way up But Pelosi's Majority has been on "recess" since Dec 15. Nothing is getting done. RT to tell them to GET BACK TO WORK."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Dec. 23, 2021
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury - Portman, Senate Finance Republicans Demand Treasury Analysis of OECD Agreement
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 16, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner Internal Revenue Service - Finance Republicans Raise Privacy Concerns with IRS Collaboration
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 16, 2021
Menendez, Cassidy Introduce Bill to Make Permanent the 'Rum Cover Over' For Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 15, 2021
Kennedy Supports Senate Passage of Defense Bill with Republican Wins
Sen. John Kennedy
Dec. 15, 2021
Tweet - "Let this sink in: The Biden Administration's top priority is bullying American citizens and private businesses with vaccine mandates. Not inflation. Not the border crisis. Their top priority is increasing government control of your life. Scary."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Dec. 14, 2021
Scalise Urges Dems to Support Republican Bill That Would Protect the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Confront Biden's Self-created Energy Crisis
Rep. Steve Scalise
Dec. 14, 2021
Cassidy Releases Statement on Democrats' $2.5 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase
Sen. Bill Cassidy
Dec. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner IRS - DAVIS JOINS COLLEAGUES TO DEMAND IRS PROVIDE ANSWERS ON TAX RETURN BACKLOG AHEAD OF UPCOMING TAX FILING SEASON
Rep. Steve Scalise, ...
Dec. 7, 2021
Letter to Hon. Robert Menendez, Chairman US Senate Committee on Foreign Relation; Hon. James Risch, Ranking Member US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Action on US-Chile Tax Agreement
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 6, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: Burdensome Regulations on American Miners, More Reliance on Foreign Nations for Mineral Production
Rep. Steve Scalise
Dec. 3, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner Internal Revenue Service - Shutdown of Phonelines
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 2, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: Huge Tax Break for Wealthy Americans in Blue States
Rep. Steve Scalise
Dec. 2, 2021
Kennedy, Cruz Introduce Bill to Repeal Superfund Tax Imposed by Biden's Infrastructure Package
Sen. John Kennedy, ...
Dec. 2, 2021
Higgins Votes Against Spending Bill That Funds Biden's Vaccine Mandate
Rep. Glen Higgins
Dec. 2, 2021
Tweet - "BBB EXPOSED--Huge tax break for rich people in blue states."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Dec. 1, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner IRS - Grassley Leads Colleagues In Ongoing Probe Of IRS Following ProPublica Leak
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Nov. 29, 2021
Scalise: Biden Doesn't Have a Plan for Covid, the Economy, or Inflation
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 29, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: $85 Million to Address Climate Change's "impact" on Pregnant, Lactating, or Postpartum "individuals"
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 24, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: Tax Credits for Electric Bikes
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 24, 2021
Tweet - "Exposing what's in BBB: A $900 tax credit for electric bikes."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 20, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: Broken Promises for the Middle Class and Tax Breaks for Millionaires
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 19, 2021
Tweet - "What Dems just voted for: Big tax breaks for millionaires in blue states--while the middle class could end up paying more. Dems are lying to the American people about this bill. Nearly 70% of people making $1M+ get a tax cut. Even Bernie Sanders called them out on it."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 19, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service - Investigate Pay-for-Service Scheme
Sen. Bill Cassidy, ...
Nov. 19, 2021
Tweet - "Dems know this bill fuels more inflation. They know it'll increase families' home heating costs. Know it gives tax breaks to blue state millionaires. Know it wastes billions on things like "tree equity." But they did it anyway. They don't care about you. Just their power."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 19, 2021
House Republican Leadership Statement on House Passage of Biden's Radical Tax and Spend Spree Urgent / Top Attention
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Tweet - "Dems won't tell you this: Joint Tax Committee says about half of people making $1M+ get tax cuts from the Dems' bill. Making $50-$200k in 2023? You could get a tax hike. Biden promised "if you make under $400,000 a year, I'll never raise your taxes one cent."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Tweet - "Dems claim this bill is for the middle class. But the truth is about half those making $1M+ get a tax cut while those making $50k could get a tax hike. It's really for Dems' donor friends & political allies--not hardworking families. And the media lets them get away with this."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Tweet - "Hidden in the bill: - Mass amnesty - Inflation fueling spending - 87,000 new IRS agents - Tax cut for blue state millionaires - Insane leftist mandates - Giveaways to union bosses - Natural Gas Tax"
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Vice Chairman Johnson Leads Series of 23 Republican Floor Speeches on the House Democrats' Disastrous Tax and Spending Spree, and the Biden Administration's Self-Inflicted Crises
Rep. Mike Johnson
Nov. 18, 2021
Congressman Johnson Statement on the Partisan Democrat Multi-Trillion Dollar Tax and Spending Bill
Rep. Mike Johnson
Nov. 18, 2021
Tax-and-spend Spree Exposed: Child Tax Credit for Illegal Immigrants
Rep. Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Tweet - "Dems' radical spending bill exposed: Child tax credit for illegal immigrants."
Rep. Steve Scalise
Date
Title
Politician
Feb. 15, 2022
Kennedy introduces bill to end taxpayer funding for nonprofits engaged in human trafficking, smuggling
Sen.John Kennedy
Feb. 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Hagerty, Colleagues Urge IRS to Provide Maximum Taxpayer Support During Difficult Filing Season
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 11, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS - Fischer Urges IRS To Provide Maximum Taxpayer Support During Difficult Filing Season
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 10, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS - Portman, Senate Republicans Urge IRS to Provide Maximum Taxpayer Support During Difficult Filing Season
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 10, 2022
Kennedy, Rubio introduce bill to block taxpayer dollars from funding crack pipes
Sen.John Kennedy
Feb. 8, 2022
Kennedy, Scott introduce bill blocking IRS from collecting taxpayers' biometric data
Sen.John Kennedy, ...
Feb. 4, 2022
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner IRS - Thune Takes IRS to Task for Intrusive Identity Verification Measures
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 4, 2022
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Portman, Republican Colleagues Raise Serious Concerns with Intrusive IRS Identity Verification Measures
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 2, 2022
Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary Dept. of Treasury - Kennedy presses Yellen to return more than $26 billion in savings bonds to rightful owners
Sen.John Kennedy
Feb. 2, 2022
Letter to the United States Senate - Finance Committee Republicans: Congress Should Close the Book on the Failed Book Minimum Tax
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Feb. 2, 2022
Letter to Senate Colleagues - Portman, Finance Committee Republicans: Congress Should Close the Book on the Failed Book Minimum Tax
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 31, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - As 2022 Tax Filing Season Begins, Warner & Kaine Join Bipartisan Call for IRS to Provide Relief for Taxpayers & Reduce Processing Backlogs
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 26, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of Treasury, and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS - Warner Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Call for IRS to Provide Penalty Relief for Taxpayers as IRS Faces Extensive Processing Backlogs
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 26, 2022
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the IRS- Menendez, Cassidy Lead 214 Colleagues in Bipartisan, Bicameral Call for IRS to Provide Penalty Relief for Taxpayers as IRS Faces Extensive Processing Backlogs
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to the United States Senate - Finance Republicans: Innovation-Killing Government Price Control Mandates Must Not Become Law
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Rogers, Colleagues Express Outrage Over Taxpayer Dollars Being Used to Buy Made-In-China Masks
Rep.Steve Scalise, ...
Jan. 11, 2022
Kennedy to Powell: How much debt is too much?
Sen.John Kennedy
Jan. 5, 2022
Tweet - "Right now in America: - Inflation soaring - Supply chain crisis - Big Tech out of control - Border crisis - Opioid overdoses increasing - Energy prices way up But Pelosi's Majority has been on "recess" since Dec 15. Nothing is getting done. RT to tell them to GET BACK TO WORK."
Rep.Steve Scalise
Dec. 23, 2021
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury - Portman, Senate Finance Republicans Demand Treasury Analysis of OECD Agreement
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 16, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner Internal Revenue Service - Finance Republicans Raise Privacy Concerns with IRS Collaboration
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 16, 2021
Menendez, Cassidy Introduce Bill to Make Permanent the 'Rum Cover Over' For Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 15, 2021
Kennedy Supports Senate Passage of Defense Bill with Republican Wins
Sen.John Kennedy
Dec. 15, 2021
Tweet - "Let this sink in: The Biden Administration's top priority is bullying American citizens and private businesses with vaccine mandates. Not inflation. Not the border crisis. Their top priority is increasing government control of your life. Scary."
Rep.Steve Scalise
Dec. 14, 2021
Scalise Urges Dems to Support Republican Bill That Would Protect the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Confront Biden's Self-created Energy Crisis
Rep.Steve Scalise
Dec. 14, 2021
Cassidy Releases Statement on Democrats' $2.5 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase
Sen.Bill Cassidy
Dec. 9, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner IRS - DAVIS JOINS COLLEAGUES TO DEMAND IRS PROVIDE ANSWERS ON TAX RETURN BACKLOG AHEAD OF UPCOMING TAX FILING SEASON
Rep.Steve Scalise, ...
Dec. 7, 2021
Letter to Hon. Robert Menendez, Chairman US Senate Committee on Foreign Relation; Hon. James Risch, Ranking Member US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Action on US-Chile Tax Agreement
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 6, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: Burdensome Regulations on American Miners, More Reliance on Foreign Nations for Mineral Production
Rep.Steve Scalise
Dec. 3, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner Internal Revenue Service - Shutdown of Phonelines
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Dec. 2, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: Huge Tax Break for Wealthy Americans in Blue States
Rep.Steve Scalise
Dec. 2, 2021
Kennedy, Cruz Introduce Bill to Repeal Superfund Tax Imposed by Biden's Infrastructure Package
Sen.John Kennedy, ...
Dec. 2, 2021
Higgins Votes Against Spending Bill That Funds Biden's Vaccine Mandate
Rep.Glen Higgins
Dec. 2, 2021
Tweet - "BBB EXPOSED--Huge tax break for rich people in blue states."
Rep.Steve Scalise
Dec. 1, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner IRS - Grassley Leads Colleagues In Ongoing Probe Of IRS Following ProPublica Leak
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Nov. 29, 2021
Scalise: Biden Doesn't Have a Plan for Covid, the Economy, or Inflation
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 29, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: $85 Million to Address Climate Change's "impact" on Pregnant, Lactating, or Postpartum "individuals"
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 24, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: Tax Credits for Electric Bikes
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 24, 2021
Tweet - "Exposing what's in BBB: A $900 tax credit for electric bikes."
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 20, 2021
Exposing What Dems Voted for: Broken Promises for the Middle Class and Tax Breaks for Millionaires
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 19, 2021
Tweet - "What Dems just voted for: Big tax breaks for millionaires in blue states--while the middle class could end up paying more. Dems are lying to the American people about this bill. Nearly 70% of people making $1M+ get a tax cut. Even Bernie Sanders called them out on it."
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 19, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service - Investigate Pay-for-Service Scheme
Sen.Bill Cassidy, ...
Nov. 19, 2021
Tweet - "Dems know this bill fuels more inflation. They know it'll increase families' home heating costs. Know it gives tax breaks to blue state millionaires. Know it wastes billions on things like "tree equity." But they did it anyway. They don't care about you. Just their power."
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 19, 2021
House Republican Leadership Statement on House Passage of Biden's Radical Tax and Spend Spree Urgent / Top Attention
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Tweet - "Dems won't tell you this: Joint Tax Committee says about half of people making $1M+ get tax cuts from the Dems' bill. Making $50-$200k in 2023? You could get a tax hike. Biden promised "if you make under $400,000 a year, I'll never raise your taxes one cent."
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Tweet - "Dems claim this bill is for the middle class. But the truth is about half those making $1M+ get a tax cut while those making $50k could get a tax hike. It's really for Dems' donor friends & political allies--not hardworking families. And the media lets them get away with this."
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Tweet - "Hidden in the bill: - Mass amnesty - Inflation fueling spending - 87,000 new IRS agents - Tax cut for blue state millionaires - Insane leftist mandates - Giveaways to union bosses - Natural Gas Tax"
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Vice Chairman Johnson Leads Series of 23 Republican Floor Speeches on the House Democrats' Disastrous Tax and Spending Spree, and the Biden Administration's Self-Inflicted Crises
Rep.Mike Johnson
Nov. 18, 2021
Congressman Johnson Statement on the Partisan Democrat Multi-Trillion Dollar Tax and Spending Bill
Rep.Mike Johnson
Nov. 18, 2021
Tax-and-spend Spree Exposed: Child Tax Credit for Illegal Immigrants
Rep.Steve Scalise
Nov. 18, 2021
Tweet - "Dems' radical spending bill exposed: Child tax credit for illegal immigrants."
Rep.Steve Scalise
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