{"id":1594099,"date":"2022-08-08T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594099"},"modified":"2022-08-08T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:18:07","slug":"democrats-will-pay-the-price-in-november-gop-fires-back-after-democrats-vote-to-raise-middle-class-taxes-in-a-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-will-pay-the-price-in-november-gop-fires-back-after-democrats-vote-to-raise-middle-class-taxes-in-a-recession\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Democrats Will Pay the Price in November&#8221; &#8211; GOP Fires Back After Democrats Vote to Raise Middle-Class Taxes in a Recession"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fdemocrats-will-pay-the-price-in-november-gop-fires-back-after-democrats-vote-to-raise-middle-class-taxes-in-a-recession%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=1594099&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--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Republicans on Sunday heaped scorn on Democrats for passing a multibillion-dollar economic package, warning that it would come back to haunt them in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November midterms<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Democrats will pay the price in November for raising taxes on families during a recession,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican National Committee<\/a> (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/Senate.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A view of the U.S. Capitol as senators vote to proceed to the Inflation Reduction Act in Washington, D.C.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      A view of the U.S. Capitol as senators vote to proceed to the Inflation Reduction Act in Washington, D.C.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters\/Ken Cedeno)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her statement reflects criticism among Republicans that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/graham-says-inflation-reduction-act-make-everything-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> will do the opposite of its intended purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/cruz-statement-on-voting-against-schumer-manchin-tax-and-spend-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In a statement<\/a>, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, likened the bill to a &#8220;give-away to the Democrats\u2019 radical leftist base at the expense of middle-class Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/exhausted-bernie-sanders-more-irritable-usual-proposals-keep-dying-virtually-no-support#&#038;_intcmp=hp1bt1_2,hp1bt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EXHAUSTED BERNIE SANDERS \u2018MORE IRRITABLE THAN USUAL\u2019 AFTER PROPOSALS KEEP DYING WITH VIRTUALLY NO SUPPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Schumer-Manchin bill will drive up inflation and prices, hammer small businesses and American manufacturing, increase the price of gas, and sic the IRS on Americans, all while raising taxes on Americans in nearly every tax bracket including those who make less than $400,000 a year,&#8221; Cruz said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., called raising taxes during both a recession and inflation &#8220;a special kind of stupid.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[T]hat\u2019s called stagflation, which is what we have right now as a result of President Biden\u2019s policies,&#8221; Kennedy tweeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., likewise admonished Democrats for passing a bill during a recession and when inflation is at a 41-year-high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should be cutting taxes, not increasing them,&#8221; Blackburn said in a Twitter thread. &#8220;It is a shame the Senate Democrats have forced through a socialist agenda that will make life more difficult and expensive for Tennesseans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-inflation-reduction-act-economic-malpractice-economist#&#038;_intcmp=hp1bt1_4,hp1bt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEMOCRATS&#8217; INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS \u2018ECONOMIC MALPRACTICE\u2019: ECONOMIST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accused Democrats not caring about &#8220;middle-class families&#8217; priorities.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Democrats\u2019 policies have torn down the savings, the stability, and the lifestyles that families worked and sacrificed for years to build up,&#8221; McConnell said in a statement. &#8220;The effect of this one-party government has been an economic assault on the American middle class.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats passed the $740 billion package, 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tiebreaking vote after an all-night session. The House seems on track to provide final congressional approval when it returns briefly from summer recess on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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