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Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 18, 2018 a TV interview
"One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense."
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By D.L. Davis • November 28, 2018
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 12, 2018 an ad
Says Andrew Gillum "wants to increase Florida taxes by a billion dollars."
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By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2018 an online video ad
Says Beto O’Rourke "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2018 a tweet
"101 utilities cut rates, credit GOP tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet
Rep. Dan Donovan "voted for Tax Cuts"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • June 4, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 17, 2018 an online ad
"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."
Mostly True
May 30, 2018
Sue Bell Cobb
Sue Bell Cobb
stated on April 24, 2018 Democratic debate for governor
"Alabama is operating government on the lowest amount of tax revenue of any state in the nation."
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By Manuela Tobias • May 1, 2018
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on February 27, 2018 a tweet
"Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 9, 2018
Good Jobs First
Good Jobs First
stated on March 6, 2018 a tweet
Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the State of the Union speech
"Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on December 14, 2017 a speech
On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2018
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.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2017
John Thune
John Thune
stated on November 15, 2017 an interview on Fox News
"80 percent of the (individual mandate) tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less."  
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By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2017
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on November 3, 2017 a post on a congressional office website
"Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average American family of four will receive a $1,182 tax cut."  
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By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 12, 2017 a tweet
The state and local tax deduction is a major benefit for moderate-income households because "50% of households that claim State & Local Tax deduction make under $100K."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 15, 2017 an interview with Channel 8
"The child tax credit, if we don't do it, there will be no tax relief for working families. How much tax relief working families get under tax reform is entirely dependent on whether or not we put in place an increase to the child tax credit."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • October 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2017 a tweet
The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks."
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By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2017
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on September 18, 2017 a website
"The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
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By Matt Dietrich • October 2, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet
"The bill that I carried cutting MO’s income tax for 1st time in over 100 years will start its 1st phase in jan 1 2018. #moleg @Eric_Schmitt"
Mostly True
By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 26, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 7, 2017 in a press release
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
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By Matt Dietrich • September 20, 2017
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