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Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on November 13, 2017 a tweet:
"Check out the record of #jobs created by #TaxCuts 7.8 million new jobs after Bush’s 2003 tax cuts 12 million new jobs after Kennedy's 1964 tax cuts 14.8 MILLION new jobs after Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981."
Mostly False
By Emma Diltz • December 24, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on December 15, 2017 Buffalo:
"The truth is this tax [plan] raises middle-class taxes."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • December 22, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on December 21, 2017 an interview on "Fox & Friends":
In April, "the vast majority will be (filling out their taxes) on a single postcard."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2017
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on December 3, 2017 a local news interview:
On the Republican tax plan: "Unfortunately, the wealthy are, again, not going to do well in this bill"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • December 21, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 13, 2017 an interview:
The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 18, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 29, 2017 a House floor speech:
The House tax plan "would provide permanent tax cuts for individuals who are multi-millionaires and billionaires," but "all middle-class families will eventually face a tax increase, since tax relief for them expires."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2017
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on June 15, 2017 a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article:
"This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • December 15, 2017
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on December 10, 2017 a television interview:
The House tax bill has "a lot more permanent relief for middle-income and even lower-income families" than the Senate bill does.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on December 4, 2017 a press conference:
"The candidates controlled by Madigan, all of them have said, ‘The answer to our problems is a massive income tax hike.’ "
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • December 14, 2017
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 1, 2017 a tweet:
"Under Trump’s new tax plan … 99.8% of Americans" get "not one nickel" in tax cuts.  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2017
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on December 6, 2017 a candidate forum:
"I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."
False
By Matt Dietrich • December 11, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 an interview:
Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2017
Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta
stated on November 29, 2017 a tweet:
"GDP is booming. Let’s spread the prosperity to the middle class with big #TaxCuts. Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA."
Mostly False
By Zari Tarazona • December 6, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on November 30, 2017 a blog:
Half of the proposed federal tax breaks ​"would go to the wealthiest 1 percent."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 5, 2017
Chris Ruddy
Chris Ruddy
stated on December 3, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Says "$3 trillion in offshore money... is coming back into the economy" because of the GOP tax bills.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2017
Daniel Biss
Daniel Biss
stated on November 27, 2017 a tweet:
These guys are now pretty much living up to the @BruceRauner standard. And falling dismally short of the @MittRomney standard. Even Romney released his full tax returns.
True
By Matt Dietrich • December 4, 2017
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on November 29, 2017 a press conference:
The Senate GOP plan does not raise taxes for Americans earning less than $70,000.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:
Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:
"For years, they have not been able to get tax cuts -- many, many years, since Reagan."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:
In the House Republican bill, "70 percent of the tax relief goes to those families making less than 200,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
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