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Paul Ryan
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview

The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break."

October 13, 2017

Mike McCabe
stated on May 21, 2017 an interview

"When you look at all the state and local taxes we pay in Wisconsin, the wealthiest 1 percent pay the lowest overall tax rate."

June 2, 2017

Sean Duffy
stated on May 9, 2017 an interview

The Republican replacement for Obamacare does not give massive tax cuts to wealthy Americans.

May 12, 2017

Charles Schumer
stated on March 1, 2017 a Senate floor speech

"In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people."

March 27, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on March 20, 2017 a video

Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."

March 21, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2017 a speech

Says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a "government service golden parachute" payment of $180 million "from Exxon Mobil that he would have to forfeit had he taken a job elsewhere."

February 10, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 his inaugural address

"We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."

By Jon Greenberg • January 20, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on December 16, 2016 an interview

Says Donald Trump's first 17 Cabinet appointments "have a net worth of more than a third of America."

December 30, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on October 17, 2016 at a debate in Columbus, Ohio

Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.

By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 5, 2016 a speech

Says Donald Trump’s plan to repeal the estate tax would mean the Walmart Walton family would "get a $53 billion tax break."

October 17, 2016

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 6, 2016 an ad

"Kelly Ayotte voted to give big oil more than $20 billion in tax breaks."

By Allie Morris • October 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2016 a speech

"In her campaign for president, Hillary Clinton has received $100 million in contributions from Wall Street and hedge funds."

October 6, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate

"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."

By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 19, 2016 a statement

Says that except for Donald Trump, "every other major party nominee" for the past 40 years has released their tax returns.

September 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

"The only years that anybody's ever seen" of Donald Trump’s tax returns "showed he didn't pay any federal income tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate at Hofstra University

"You will learn more about Donald Trump by going down to the Federal Elections" to see the financial disclosure form than by looking at tax returns.

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2016 a speech

"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 a speech

Says Hillary Clinton's plan "would tax many small businesses by almost 50 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2016

Anthony Weiner
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"

"We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

"The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."

By Lauren Carroll • July 26, 2016

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