Make no mistake: Trump and congressional Republicans own this $2,300 tax hike on working families
Washington, D.C. — Nearly every House Republican just doubled down on making working families’ lives harder by once again voting to let President Trump’s cost-raising tariffs continue.
Their vote comes days after a groundbreaking Yale Budget Lab report showing the Republican tariffs are set to cost families an additional $2,300 per year. It also follows admissions from congressional Republicans that “there are storm clouds on the horizon” over the economy and that tariffs are hurting manufacturers in their states.
“Just two months ago, congressional Republicans voted to give massive tax breaks to billionaires paid for by cutting health care and food assistance. Now, they’re voting once again to support massive price hikes on working families,” said Unrig Our Economy Campaign Director Leor Tal. “Republicans should vote to block these tariffs from raising the already skyrocketing costs of groceries, health care, and other everyday items. Instead, they’ve voted to endorse them at every turn. Congressional Republicans own these tariffs as much as President Donald Trump, and their constituents are going to continue urging them to change course.”
In addition to the $2,300 in additional costs for working families, these Republican tariffs have contributed to:
- The loss of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs,
- Skyrocketing health insurance costs.
- Nearly 2 million Americans being unemployed for longer than six months – double the amount since 2023.
- Rising layoffs and weekly unemployment claims at their highest levels since the throes of the pandemic in 2021.
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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.