(1/7) I am honored and privileged to work for you in Congress, and do my best to support bipartisan solutions to our nation’s most urgent problems.
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(3/7) That is why I am disappointed that Democrats decided to forgo bipartisanship on their first day in power when they forced through changes to the rules of the House of Representatives that will make life more difficult for our community.
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(4/7) One of the biggest partisan power grabs gives the Democratic majority the power to raise your taxes with only a simple majority, instead of the supermajority that was in place last Congress.
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(5/7) It shouldn’t be easy to take more of your hard earned money and send it to Washington – it should be harder. 2nd District families are burdened enough by taxes, and the last thing Congress should be doing is making it easier to increase your taxes.
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(6/7) This package also eliminates commonsense pro-life provisions that have long held broad support and protect the life of the unborn.
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(7/7) I voted no today on the rules package because the people of Missouri deserve fairness and this rules package neither embodies that, nor does it make life better for my constituents.
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You voted in the last Congress to give your top income friends a tax break and increase the debt by $2 trillion with a simple majority. What is the difference?
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Rep Wagner. Please explain. I looked and the simple majority rule is merely an adjustment to the previous GOP rule and only changes for the top 20%. Foolish to make permanent tax gifts to the wealthiest of us and leave the rest out in the cold as we trend towards
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Won’t any tax increase in the House have to be passed in the Senate?
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Did you type this with a straight face? While the government is shutdown because of a single person's ego driven agenda?
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