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May 22, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

Mitch McConnell Skips Town While Coronavirus Threatens Americans’ Health and Economic Security

“Giving corporations immunity from being held responsible for their dangerous business practices will kill Americans. It already has. In a global pandemic, workers and families should be certain that their health and safety is the number one priority. We should never give corporations permission to endanger workers."

May 20, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Is Proving He Can’t Be Trusted With Our Economic Recovery

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified in the Senate today to defend his oversight of economic relief funds during the coronavirus pandemic. He claimed that he has worked to “get relief into the hands of hardworking Americans and businesses as quickly as possible,” but here’s the reality.

May 15, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

HEROES Act Is an Important Step, but the Job Is Not Done

Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan HEROES Act, a crucial coronavirus relief package that puts everyday people ahead of corporations. The bill will do much to help American families weather the current health and economic crisis. Yet despite the bill’s many strong provisions, there is still work to be done.

May 12, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

HEROES Act Is A Step In The Right Direction

Today, House Democrats released the text of the HEROES Act, a comprehensive coronavirus relief package that puts people ahead of corporations, and prioritizes making sure American families are able to weather the health and economic storm blowing through our country.

May 4, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

Trump Holds Relief for the American People Hostage Over Nonsense Tax Cuts

“We are in the midst of a global pandemic and economic downturn and the President of the United States is refusing to deliver necessary aid to the American people unless legislators hand him a bill slashing payroll taxes — a move that would threaten social safety net programs like Medicare and Social Security. ” said Tax March Executive Director Maura Quint. “On top of that, Mitch McConnell announced he would prioritize protecting businesses reopening before the country is able to take proper precautions from legal liability for the risks their decisions pose to employees and customers. Trump, McConnell and the GOP are not making any serious efforts to help people but instead only want to hold the American people hostage.”

May 4, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

New Tax March Ad Urges Sen. Collins to Put Workers Ahead of Big Corporations

Tax March, the grassroots movement for a fairer and more equitable tax code, unveiled a new ad today calling on Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) to put working- and middle-class Mainers ahead of big corporations, especially during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The ad is the final ad in a seven-figure campaign to hold President Trump and four Republican senators accountable for their support of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and push back against a coronavirus response that gives away more to corporations than working people.

April 29, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Workers: McConnell and Trump Put Corporate Profits Over Frontline Workers’ Safety

As some states take steps toward reopening businesses, lobbyists are urging the White House and Congress to shield these corporations from lawsuits filed by frontline workers and patrons infected with coronavirus. Last week, Trump and his top economic adviser Larry Kudlow argued that corporations should not be held liable for the risks they are forcing on workers and customers by prematurely reopening for business. On Monday, Mitch McConnell echoed them, saying the Senate would consider corporate liability protections a top priority when senators return to Washington.

April 22, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

Enough Half-Measures, Congress — Fix The Latest Coronavirus Relief Package

Tax March always stands in solidarity with working- and middle-class people across the country, and that’s why we’re telling the House: Use your power as the Peoples’ House to fix this coronavirus relief package so that it includes necessary support for the American people, or start from scratch.

April 20, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

Congress, Trump Still Not Doing Enough for Working People

President Trump and congressional leaders are nearing a compromise on a new coronavirus relief package expanding the small business loan program that quickly ran out of funding last week. However, the deal does not include: continued and expanded support for unemployment insurance, funding for state and local governments, corporate accountability mechanisms, hazard pay or support for essential workers, health care for uninsured people, money for the U.S. Postal Service, or protections for our election system.

April 15, 2020 |TAX MARCH PRESS RELEASE

Statement: On Anniversary of Tax March, Groups Demand Trump’s Tax Returns

“The American people need answers, and Trump’s silence is deafening. As we’ve said for years, if Donald Trump has nothing to hide, then today would be a great day for him to release his tax returns.”

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