GOP lawmakers keep claiming Biden will raise taxes on the middle class

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The minority staff on the House Ways and Means Committee put out a press release on June 21 under the headline "Liberals: Biden Breaking Tax Pledge" and the subheading "Biden Tax Plan Raises Taxes on 75% of Middle Class, Says Liberal Tax Policy Center."
41% : "Biden's tax plan will raise taxes on 75% of middle-class families next year and that number increases to 95% by 2031.
37% : Spend trillions of dollars and raise taxes on middle class families."
34% : "President @JoeBiden has repeatedly said that he wouldn't raise taxes on the middle class, but his promise turned out to be empty," claimed Arkansas Rep. French Hill on June 23.
33% : Congressional Republicans are trying to convince the American public that President Joe Biden's economic plans would raise taxes on the middle class.
28% : Boebert is one of several Republican lawmakers who have been making the claim that Biden's plan would raise taxes on people he promised would not see a tax increase.
26% : Biden ran in 2020 on an explicit promise not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 -- but also to raise taxes on the rich and corporations.
23% : "The 'Big Lie' in Washington is when Joe Biden says he won't raise taxes on those making under $400K a year," Missouri Rep. Jason Smith said on June 30.
17% : "The Biden budget will raise taxes on middle-income families - even though they refuse to admit it," Pennsylvania Rep. Lloyd Smucker wrote June 17.

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