Denver, CO — Political outsider, successful business leader, and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Joe O’Dea issued the following statement following the Senate’s passage of the “Build Back Tax” inflation reconciliation bill after its vote-a-rama.
“Michael Bennet will do anything Joe Biden wants, including passing a tax on working Americans while the economy is in a recession. Bennet wants to raise your taxes, meanwhile his wealth has grown as much as 600%, or $31 million, since he got to the Senate,” said Joe O’Dea.
“We need to bring manufacturing back to the United States and reduce taxes right now. Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer’s extreme agenda flies in the face of common sense and Michael Bennet is their rubber-stamp in the Senate. Working Coloradans want a fighter to represent them; they want a Senator who will put our country over party.”
According to the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), IRS expansion in this bill would disproportionately hit low- and middle-income Americans. Americans making less than $100,000 will pay 65-78% of the taxes to pay for this bill. Americans making less than $50,000 will pay 40-57% of the taxes to pay for this bill.
- The average household income in Adams County is just over $70,000.
- The average household income in Pueblo is just over $40,000.
- Voted NO on Graham amendment to strike tax increase on gas, oil & other energy resources for Americans earning less than $400,000 per year.
- Voted NO on Hassan amendment to strike surcharge on barrels of oil.
- Voted NO on Barrasso amendment to require additional onshore oil & gas lease sales in certain states.
- Voted NO on Lankford amendment to provide additional funding for implementation of title 42 immigration policy.
- Voted NO on Tester amendment to provide additional funding for implementation of Title 42 immigration policy.
- Voted NO on Crapo amendment to prevent additional IRS funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with incomes below $400,000 per year.
- Voted NO on Scott amendment to expand border patrol.
- Voted NO on Collins amendment to ensure that IRS funding covers only employees who work in person.
- Voted NO on Cruz amendment removing funding to prevent IRS from hiring 87,000 news employees.
- Voted NO on Scott amendment to redirect funding from IRS expansion to helping students catch up from the impact of COVID closures.
- Voted NO on Sanders amendment to restore the expanded Child Tax Credit.
Since 2009, Bennet has introduced 245 bills, only one of which became law.
In the 116th Congress, the Center For Effective Lawmaking ranked Bennet as the 41st most effective Democrat Senator.
Michael Bennet’s net worth has increased millions since he became a Senator.
It's time to send people of action to Washington, Joe O'Dea will fight for working Americans.
Learn more about Joe O’Dea’s campaign here.
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