Iowa Republicans lost the governor's office, a U.S. Senate seat, three of four U.S. House seats and the attorney general's office, and all five Republicans on this site lost. But they kept the Legislature, and 56% of voters approved a change to the state constitution that requires two-thirds of lawmakers to raise income taxes, with the state running a deficit of more than $1 billion.
At an October 24 forum in Peekskill, Mike Lawler said he 'delivered the largest tax cut in American history' and 'no tax on Social Security.' PolitiFact rated both of those claims Mostly False when other Republicans made them. He also touted $50 billion for rural health care from the same law that KFF estimates could cut $137 billion from federal Medicaid spending in rural areas.
In the last debate before Election Day, Governor Kelly Ayotte said Cinde Warmington 'will not commit to banning an income or sales tax.' PolitiFact found that conflicts with Warmington's repeated statements — including one she made in that same debate. Ayotte also inflated two years of Purdue Pharma work into a 'career.'
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Byron Donalds has spent over $10 million on ads pushing Amendment 3, a Florida tax plan state economists warn will drain up to $12 billion a year from local communities.
A company owned by Rep. Brian Mast got a $712,631 agricultural credit this year that cut the taxable value of its 9.78-acre St. Lucie County parcel by more than 98% — land that records suggest has sat empty since a 2018 demolition. The parcel has also dropped off Mast's financial disclosures since 2024.
Ken Paxton's TV ad shows James Talarico saying 'If you are OK with getting taxed more, you are welcome to join this movement.' FactCheck.org found the ad cut out who he was talking to — wealthy people — and that its claims about income taxes and property taxes misdescribe one vote and leave out others.
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Ashley Moody's new diner ad claims she voted to end taxes on tips and Social Security, but PolitiFact found she's flat out lying: the law she voted for didn't end either tax, it just created temporary deductions that expire in a few years.
Forget the slogans. Judged by what they voted for, what they did, and what they refused to stop, this is what Republicans in Congress stand for, on 20 issues, with the receipts.
A new ITEP study of 706 big, profitable companies found they paid just 10.4% in federal income tax on $1.88 trillion in U.S. profits, and 114 paid zero — including Tesla on $5.7 billion. Trump's 2025 budget bill made the biggest breaks permanent and revived others.
