Washington, DC – Today, Republicans in Congress are preparing to once again vote to support President Trump’s tariffs, which are raising costs for working families. According to a new report by the Tax Foundation, tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 in 2025, and that price tag is expected to jump even higher to $1,300 this year. Republicans have even admitted that these tariffs are to help pay for the tax breaks for billionaires that were included in last year’s Republican Tax Law. If passed, the measure would block the House’s ability to roll back these cost-raising tariffs and be yet another endorsement of price hikes on working Americans from Congressional Republicans.
“Americans are already struggling with Republicans’ raising their costs and cutting their health care to give tax breaks to corporations and billionaires. They can’t afford to pay over a thousand dollars more each year because Republicans in Congress refuse to stop cost-raising tariffs,” said Unrig Our Economy Campaign Director Leor Tal. “Congressional Republicans need to vote no on this tariff measure, and focus on providing relief for working families – rather than doubling down on the very policies making life less and less affordable.”
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About Unrig Our Economy
Unrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.