{"id":1584743,"date":"2022-08-02T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584743"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:17:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:17:44","slug":"supporting-tax-hikes-in-a-recession-wont-help-vulnerable-democrat-senators-win-tight-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supporting-tax-hikes-in-a-recession-wont-help-vulnerable-democrat-senators-win-tight-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Tax Hikes In A Recession Won\u2019t Help Vulnerable Democrat Senators Win Tight Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupporting-tax-hikes-in-a-recession-wont-help-vulnerable-democrat-senators-win-tight-races%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At a time when Americans are living paycheck to paycheck amid an ongoing economic crisis, vulnerable Democrats are considering passing the Biden administration\u2019s progressive wish list in the form of an inflationary tax bill.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called Inflation Prevention Act, developed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., does nothing to stop inflation from ravaging the nation. In fact, the bill disguised as \u201cthe most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/07\/28\/biden-democrats-climate-taxes-health-care-00048495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to President Joe Biden<\/a>, only <a href=\"https:\/\/budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu\/issues\/2022\/7\/29\/inflation-reduction-act-preliminary-estimates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exacerbates<\/a> the nation\u2019s current financial crisis by placing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.senate.gov\/ranking-members-news\/jct-democrats-proposals-increase-taxes-on-millions-of-americans-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bigger tax burden<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonofHas\/status\/1553475857062268929?s=20&#038;t=CfbPXamKZSDN2-bv4X_L7Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">same Americans Biden promised not to tax<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nam.org\/book-tax-would-disproportionately-burden-manufacturers-18422\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killing jobs<\/a>, raising prices across the board, and <a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/build-back-better-plan-reconciliation-bill-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shrinking<\/a> the already hurting economy.   <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Several Democrat senators in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, and New Hampshire face <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/2022-election-forecast\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">toss-up and tight races<\/a> in just three months in the November midterms. These incumbents are not promised a solid Democrat win nor a Democrat-controlled Senate, so they can\u2019t afford to lose the backing of their party by shirking a vote on the next big bill. They also can\u2019t afford to offend key voters by passing legislation that will further devastate their states\u2019 economies. <\/p>\n<p>To put it simply, funneling $400 billion to bureaucrats whose priorities are advancing their radical left-wing pet projects over improving their voters\u2019 lives \u2014 and by all accounts, they\u2019re actually making things worse for constituents by demanding $700 billion more in taxes \u2014 isn\u2019t going over well with Republicans such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said Democrats are just trying \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.senate.gov\/newsroom\/remarks\/democrats-want-job-killing-middle-class-tax-hikes-in-a-recession?peek=X7DDF3xlBMEaiIykmpHTjw20tAuW%2BV7gWfxY%2BZKuzsmouMzC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to deal our economy another body blow on a party line vote<\/a>.\u201d House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1553735851120656386?s=20&#038;t=1fvePJNeTvu8NVo6e4lcUQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreed<\/a> that the \u201csocialist Democrat Party\u201d and \u201ctheir policies are too extreme, too out-of-touch, and too dangerous for America,\u201d especially during a recession.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to move forward with such damaging legislation is also unlikely to go over well with voters whose top concerns going into the midterms are <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/inflation-and-gas-prices-top-the-list-of-the-publics-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inflation, rising gas prices, and increasing food expenses<\/a>. With more than <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/17\/93-of-americans-concerned-with-inflation-most-fear-economy-will-get-worse-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">93 percent<\/a> of American voters worried about inflation and at least 52 percent of voters predicting the economy will get worse, it does not seem politically advantageous for vulnerable Democrats in states suffering from some of the highest food and gas prices in the nation to support financially devastating legislation. <\/p>\n<p>Yet the senators at the highest risk of becoming unseated are still weighing whether they should sign on to the tax increase to stay in the good graces of their party and the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema\u2019s press secretary Pablo Sierra-Carmona told The Federalist that the senator \u201cdoes not have comment as she\u2019s reviewing the text\u201d of the legislation \u201cand will need to see what comes out of the parliamentarian process\u201d before she decides to reject or accept the bill. She is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/manchin-schumer-kyrsten-sinema-deal-democrats-2022-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scheduled to get an earful from Manchin<\/a> who will urge her to join in on a swift passage of the legislation as soon as possible, even though she will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kyrsten-sinema-decisive-vote-spending-bill-targeted-new-arizona-ad-1729854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vilified<\/a> by her home state.<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist also reached out to senators including Georgia\u2019s Raphael Warnock, Colorado\u2019s Michael Bennet, New Hampshire\u2019s Maggie Hassan, Nevada\u2019s Catherine Cortez Masto, and Arizona\u2019s Mark Kelly, none of whom wanted to disclose how they planned to vote. <\/p>\n<p>Despite remaining tight-lipped about their verdicts on the new legislation, these Democrats are likely to join Manchin and possibly seal their fate in November. As my colleague Samuel Mangold-Lenett pointed out, Manchin likely did the same thing by publicly promoting and pushing the bill. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cManchin is not up for reelection until 2024,\u201d Mangold-Lenett <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/02\/goodbye-joe-manchin-your-senate-career-is-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cbut considering the increasingly Republican landscape of his home state and his willingness to sabotage the livelihoods of the people who put him in office, it grows more and more likely that this will be the last time he is in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that at least six Democrat incumbents are toying with the idea of placing more financial burdens on already struggling Americans. That will likely cost them ground in their upcoming races \u2014 but if it means avoiding fracturing the appearance of a unified leftist party, vulnerable Democrats might just do it. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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