… far less painful tax season than they would have experienced if the Democrats had been in charge. In fact, our Democratic colleagues uniformly voted against any of these tax cuts. With the 2017 Trump tax cut set to expire, Americans would have experienced the largest increase in history if it weren't for this new legislation. And again, our Democratic colleagues were okay with that. But we saved the average Texas family more than $3,000, and we prevented 62% of Americans from seeing a tax increase. (01:30–01:41)
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Asserts that the expiration of the 2017 Trump tax cut would have led to the largest tax increase in history without new legislation.
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