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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 1, 2017 an interview
"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."  
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September 15, 2017
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on June 22, 2017 a campaign video
California taxes are "among the highest in the nation."
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By Chris Nichols • July 11, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 22, 2017 a Facebook post
The Senate bill "hands enormous tax cuts to the rich and to the drug and insurance industries, paid for by cutting health care for everybody else."
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By John Kruzel • June 26, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 18, 2017 a radio interview
"Property taxes are lower right now than they were" in December 2010 on a median-valued home in Wisconsin.  
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June 7, 2017
Mike McCabe
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."
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June 2, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 12, 2017 Twitter
"Law firm @POTUS used to show he has no ties to Russia was named Russia Law Firm of the Year for their extensive ties to Russia. Unreal."
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By John Kruzel • May 16, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 27, 2017 a tweet
"The ‘tax plan’ rolled out by @realDonaldTrump would have cut his taxes by $30 million in 2005 (the only year we have returns for)."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 In a tweet
"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 5, 2017 an interview explaining his bill
Says the T.R.U.M.P. Act, which would force presidential candidates to release their tax returns to run in North Carolina, "has a lot of support – by a majority of North Carolinians and members of both parties."
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By Will Doran • April 19, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2017 a Pensacola jobs roundtable
Says Florida has "the second-lowest taxes, per capita, state taxes of any state in the country."  
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By Allison Graves • April 13, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "All In With Chis Hayes"
The GOP health care plan gives "$275 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, people earning $250,000 a year or more."  
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By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2017
Kip Kendrick
Kip Kendrick
stated on January 20, 2017 an interview on KMIZ’s “This Week”
"Corporate entities are paying a lot less taxes this year than they have in the past. Part of that is from a loophole in a bill that was passed in 2015."
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By Jen Para • March 2, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 an interview
"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.
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February 17, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 19, 2017 a speech to business leaders
Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid.
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By Will Doran • January 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2016 a speech
America’s federal business tax rate is the highest "in the world."
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December 15, 2016
Christine Radogno
Christine Radogno
stated on November 14, 2016 a press conference
We (in Illinois) have the fifth-highest tax burden in the country.
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By Madeleine Doubek • December 2, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 29, 2016 a press release
"Texans pay the sixth-highest property tax in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 1, 2016
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
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."
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By Allie Morris • October 7, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says Tim Kaine "actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion." 
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By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2016
Tammy Baldwin
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.  
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September 28, 2016
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