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Taxes & Government Spending

How much the government takes from paychecks and how it spends that money on public services.

What This Means

Tax policy is about how much the government takes from your paycheck and how it spends that money on things like schools, roads, and health care.

Progressive

Wants wealthy people and corporations to pay more taxes to fund public programs.

Conservative

Wants lower taxes for everyone. Thinks the government wastes too much money.

4236
Favors
4184
Opposes
164
Mixed / Neutral
8584
Total
Party Breakdown
3986 officials
99% favors0% mixed1% opposes
4439 officials
7% favors0% mixed93% opposes
159 officials
1% favors98% mixed1% opposes
Where Officials Stand

Officials grouped by where they land on this issue.

Stances are estimated, not sourced to each official’s public record. Treat them as a starting point and check a politician’s own statements before relying on them.

Favors4236

Ingrid Burnett
State Representative, District 32 · MO

Estimated from democrat party platform

and 3639 others:
Ryan
Jackson
Edith Ajello
Ajello
Barth
Farrah Khan
Khan
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
State Representative · PA

Estimated based on democrat party platform

and 54 others:
Kyle Donahue
Donahue
Michael Stender
Stender
Yolonda Morris
Morris
Camille Y. Lilly
Lilly
Steven R. Malagari
Malagari
Tony Wied
Tony Wied
U.S. Representative · WI

Strongly supports tax cuts and reducing government spending.

and 16 others:
Tim Walberg
Walberg
Dan Meuser
Meuser
Jack Bergman
Bergman
Tom Cotton
Cotton
Monica De La Cruz
Cruz
Laurel Lee
Laurel Lee
U.S. Representative · FL

Supports tax cuts and reducing federal spending.

Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
U.S. Representative · VA

Strongly supports tax cuts and reducing federal spending.

Mixed164

Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Governor of American Samoa · AS

Balances fiscal management with advocacy for increased federal funding.

Arnold Palacios
Arnold Palacios
Governor of CNMI · MP

Balances fiscal austerity with need for federal disaster recovery funds.

Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
Governor of Virginia · VA

Takes a fiscally moderate approach supporting targeted investments while emphasizing deficit reduction.

Josh Gottheimer
Josh Gottheimer
U.S. Representative · NJ

Supports SALT deduction restoration for NJ taxpayers while backing fiscal responsibility.

Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
U.S. Senator · MO

Breaks with Republican orthodoxy by supporting some tax increases on corporations while cutting taxes for workers.

Opposes4184

John Couriel
Justice, Florida Supreme Court · FL

Estimated from republican party platform

and 4053 others:
Dahm
Andrew Farmer
Farmer
Paladino
Jason Zachary
Zachary
Hill
Craig T. Staats
Craig T. Staats
State Representative · PA

Estimated based on republican party platform

Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
U.S. Representative · MN

Supports progressive taxation and opposes tax cuts for the wealthy.

and 2 others:
Marcy Kaptur
Kaptur
Alma Adams
Adams
Dina Titus
Dina Titus
U.S. Representative · NV

Supports progressive taxation and making corporations pay their fair share.

and 2 others:
Yvette Clarke
Clarke
LaMonica McIver
McIver
Ritchie Torres
Ritchie Torres
U.S. Representative · NY

Supports progressive taxation and corporate accountability.

and 1 other:
Shontel Brown
Brown
Emilia Sykes
Emilia Sykes
U.S. Representative · OH

Supports progressive taxation and closing corporate loopholes.

and 1 other:
Suzanne Bonamici
Bonamici

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