One Year Later: Democrats Tout Tax Cuts They Voted Against

This press release from Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) was published on 2026-07-13 and titled "One Year Later: Democrats Tout Tax Cuts They Voted Against".

One Year Later: Democrats Tout Tax Cuts They Voted Against

WASHINGTON — One year after President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts into law, hardworking American families across the nation are paying lower taxes and keeping more of what they earn – outcomes the legislation was written to achieve. Democrats unanimously opposed these transformational tax provisions for working families, instead voting for a $5 trillion tax hike – the largest in history. However, despite Congressional Democrats’ vehement and unanimous opposition and state-level Democrat attempts to actually block implementation of these tax provisions, many Democrats are now claiming to see the wisdom of providing tax relief to working families. Many House and Senate Democrats are lying to their voters, taking credit for legislation they actively opposed. “With their unanimous opposition to the Working Families Tax Cuts, Congressional Democrats in unison voted against no tax on tips and overtime, the doubled child tax credit, $50 billion for rural healthcare, and investment accounts for every newborn in America,” Speaker Johnson said . “Now, as tens of millions of citizens are benefitting from this historic tax relief, Democrats are attempting to mislead the American people and claim credit for something they opposed vehemently. Republicans will not let the American people forget that if Democrats had it their way, every taxpayer would have faced the largest tax increase in American history.” A few examples of how Democrats support the Working Families Tax Cuts: Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet ran two television ads in her district funded using taxpayer dollars to say she “passed Working Families Tax Credit” and that she is “helping Michiganders claim the Working Families Tax Credit.” Spoiler alert: like every other Democrat in Congress, she opposed the Working Families Tax Cuts. Now she’s trying to take the credit. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a bill that would make Trump Accounts permanent and automatically enroll newborns into the program, which he renames “American Dream Accounts,” and a bill to make No Tax on Tips permanent, saying “we must ensure that [...] as many workers as possible can benefit as much as possible.” Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV), Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Susie Lee (D-NV), along with Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent “to ensure the successful implementation of this [No Tax on Tips] provision for our constituents and tipped workers across the country.” They all voted no, despite knowing they are “lawmakers representing our nation’s most hospitality and service industry dependent economy.” Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) admitted, “There are certain things that I liked in the big, ugly bill.” He and Emilia Sykes (D-OH) helped introduce a bill to expand eligibility for No Tax on Overtime. Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) sent a joint press release , and Rep. Nellie Pou (D-NJ) also took credit, for securing hundreds of millions of dollars in security funding for the World Cup – despite trashing the Working Families Tax Cuts, voting against the legislation which included the funding, and taking repeated voted to keep the Department of Homeland Security –the agency tasked with World Cup security – closed. Why are Democrats taking credit for this monumental legislation? Because the policies – and the successful results that followed – speak for themselves: KEEPING MORE OF YOUR MONEY 97% of filers received a tax cut this past filing season, who would have otherwise owed taxes absent the extension of President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. $82 billion has been returned to the American people from the individual tax cuts in the WFTC. 96% of filers receiving a tax cut earned less than $200,000 . Filers earning between $100,000 to $200,000 , who claimed one of President Trump’s signature tax cuts, received an average tax cut of over $1,250 . Nearly 70% of filers receiving a tax cut earned less than $100,000 . Filers earning between $50,000 to $100,000 , who claimed one of President Trump’s signature tax cuts, received an average tax cut over $815 . No Tax on Tips: Over 7.5 million filers have claimed No Tax on Tips , with an average deduction of over $7,000. 90% of filers claiming the No Tax on Tips deduction had income under $100,000. 99% of filers claiming the No Tax on Tips deduction had income under $200,000. No Tax on Overtime: Over 29 million filers have claimed No Tax on Overtime , with an average deduction of over $3,100. 75% of filers claiming the No Tax on Overtime deduction had income under $100,000. 96% of filers claiming the No Tax on Overtime deduction had income under $200,000. Enhanced Senior Deduction: Over 35 million seniors have claimed the Enhanced Deduction for Seniors , with an average deduction of over $7,500. 68% of filers claiming the Enhanced Senior Deduction had income under $100,000. 94% of filers claiming the Enhanced Senior Deduction had income under $200,000. No