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John Thune: “Thanks to the working families tax cuts, Americans will…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune: Republicans to Build on Record of Results in 2026

Published | Video Starts at 01:21

Mr. President, January 1st was this past Thursday and if Democrats had had their way, Americans would have been facing a big tax hike at the start of this year. Instead, Thanks to the working families tax cuts, Americans will continue to pay the lower tax rates Republicans passed in 2017. And that's not all, because in addition to making permanent the tax relief we passed in 2017, Republicans have added a number of new tax relief measures to ensure that Americans can keep more of their hard earned money. (01:21–01:29)

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Asserts that the working families tax cuts maintain the lower tax rates from 2017.

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