{"id":831353,"date":"2021-09-30T12:28:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831353"},"modified":"2021-09-30T12:28:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:28:42","slug":"gop-senators-call-out-marriage-penalties-in-democrats-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-call-out-marriage-penalties-in-democrats-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senators Call Out \u2018Marriage Penalties\u2019 In Democrats\u2019 Spending Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fgop-senators-call-out-marriage-penalties-in-democrats-spending-bill%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=831353&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><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"44.061224489796\">\n<p>Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and 32 other GOP senators criticized the Democrats\u2019 reconciliation bill Thursday for including \u201cmarriage penalties\u201d in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent marriage penalties occur when a household\u2019s overall tax bill increases due to a couple marrying and filing taxes jointly,\u201d the letter explained. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/21\/brandon-bidens-3-5-trillion-spending-spree-is-a-gift-to-the-radical-left\/\">(ANALYSIS: Biden\u2019s $3.5 Trillion Spending Spree Is A Gift To The Radical Left)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.6415662650602\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Marriage is a vital social good, and the foundation of strong families and strong communities. The Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion spending bill would increase the penalties for marriage. It is misguided and unfair to disincentive couples from marrying. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMeqrhagYN\">https:\/\/t.co\/MMeqrhagYN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRomney\/status\/1443564634297049088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA number of other federal programs, such as Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, ad Section 8 housing assistance, also create marriage penalties by eliminating or reducing benefits for couples who marry,\u201d Romney and his colleagues wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romney.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-09\/MarriagePenaltyFINAL_9.30.21.pdf\">letter<\/a> explains that the reconciliation bill could nearly double the $1,578 \u201cmarriage penalty\u201d for a couple. If, for example, one spouse earns $12,000 and while another earns $30,000, additional taxes imposed on the hypothetical couple for getting married would consume more than 6% of their annual earnings, the letter stated. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/07\/state-and-local-taxes-moderates-budget-tax-cut-rich\/\">(RELATED: Moderates Threaten To Tank Budget Unless It Includes Tax Cut That Would Mostly Benefit The Rich)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarriage is a vital social good, and the foundation of strong families and strong communities,\u201d Romney wrote on Twitter. \u201cIt is misguided and unfair to disincentive couples from marrying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Susan Collins of Maine, and Marco Rubio of Florida also signed the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/28\/steny-hoyer-debt-limit-reconciliation-senate-parliamentarian\/\">reconciliation<\/a> bill has an overall price tag of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/joe-biden-build-back-better-agenda-costs-zero-dollars-economists-less-convinced\/\">$3.5 trillion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Utah Sen. 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