[VIDEO] Tillis Claimed That Republicans Would Use Reconciliation To Extend Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts. “You know, if Republicans sweep D.C., then we will use reconciliation to extend most of what was in the Jobs and Tax Cuts Act. We've got to figure out pay fors and all that stuff. But in many respects, we're just trying to make the best of a bad situation. It would be great if we could do true, you know, big our tax reform that involved broadening the base, lowering the rate, getting rid of irrational exemptions, exceptions and exemptions like we did in the state and then have a triggering mechanism that's forward looking.” [Punchbowl News, 10/16/24]; 241016_BF_3376_A
[AUDIO] Tillis Supported Reauthorizing Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts. “Well, Beth, I think we have to go fulfill the promise of reauthorizing the the majority of the tax cuts that we implemented in 2017. I honestly believe that that was a big factor in President Trump's when we could not have the $3 trillion tax increase that Harris was promising. Don't think it was one of our better winning themes, but we've got to go back and fulfill that one.” [Good Morning BT, 11/06/24]; 241106_EGJ_1534
Tillis Signed The Letter. According to Politico, “The letter was led by Sen. Steve Daines (Mont.) and also signed by Sens. John Barrasso (Wyo.), James Lankford (Okla.), Thom Tillis (N.C.), Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Ron Johnson (Wisc.) and Roger Marshall (Kan.)” [Politico, 2/13/25]
The Letter Claimed That The Senators Would Not Support A Tax Package That Only Temporarily Extends The 2017 Tax Cuts. According to Politico, “‘We will not support a tax package that only provides temporary relief from tax hikes.’ Their demand for permanency actually goes beyond what Republicans did back in 2017 when they made much of their breaks benefiting individual Americans expire after eight years, a move that was designed to contain costs — but that is now forcing this year’s debate over the future of those provisions.” [Politico, 2/13/25]