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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
September 24, 2022 at 4:10 PM

Before the first votes are cast, people need to know the real Republican agenda:

Together, we’re making sure Americans know who’s behind the plot to take away our rights while slashing taxes on the rich and corporations. John, All summer and fall, we’re shining a spotlight on billionaires buying elections. They’re spending their money, much of it in secret―fu…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
September 23, 2022 at 2:24 PM

RE: [election update] Who’s bankrolling right-wing candidates? This super PAC has collected $117 million from 11 of America’s billionaires

Club for Growth Action’s spending is so pervasive in some of these races that it practically amounts to buying the election. John, We’re out with a new report on billionaires buying elections. And it’s a doozy! The right-wing super PAC Club for Growth Action is bankrolling MAGA …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 22, 2022 at 5:07 PM

[election update] Who’s bankrolling right-wing candidates? This super PAC has collected $117 million from 11 of America’s billionaires

Club for Growth Action’s spending is so pervasive in some of these races that it practically amounts to buying the election. John, Who’s bankrolling MAGA Republicans this election? According to our latest report, a major player is the right-wing super PAC Club for Growth Action a…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
September 20, 2022 at 9:44 PM

Your vote is your voice. Check your voter registration status today:

A majority of Americans agree that we need to reform our tax system so that millionaires, billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share. John, Billionaires and big corporations are spending exorbitant sums of money to rig our democracy and our economy. The best way to fi…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 18, 2022 at 4:10 PM

RE: FedEx paid 0% in federal income taxes. That’s about to change.

The Inflation Reduction Act is a BFD, but it’s only the beginning of our fight to unrig our tax code and economy and make the rich and corporations pay their fair share. John, LAST YEAR, some billionaire corporations were raking in record profits, paying little or no federal inco…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
September 17, 2022 at 3:59 PM

FedEx paid 0% in federal income taxes. That’s about to change.

The Inflation Reduction Act is a BFD, but it’s only the beginning of our fight to unrig our tax code and economy and make the rich and corporations pay their fair share. John, Between 2018 and 2021 Amazon paid a federal income tax rate of just 5.1% on $78 billion in profits. Nik…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 13, 2022 at 6:58 PM

President Biden is getting ready to speak. Tune in >>

Thank you for all that you continue to do to fight for an economy and tax system that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few. John, I just met with President Biden as he prepares to speak at the White House to celebrate the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. …
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
September 12, 2022 at 2:23 PM

RE: Meet the mastermind behind the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court:

Seid has quietly funded right-wing causes for decades, from climate denialism to business deregulation. John, Billionaires are richer now than ever before. Their corporations are raking in record profits. Many pay little to no federal income taxes. What are they doing with this …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 10, 2022 at 6:09 PM

Meet the mastermind behind the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court:

Seid has quietly funded right-wing causes for decades, from climate denialism to business deregulation. John, Are you familiar with Leonard Leo? He’s a conservative activist and the executive vice president of the Federalist Society. He’s also the mastermind behind Republicans st…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
September 9, 2022 at 3:33 PM

RE: Republicans thought they’d struck gold with their new messaging.

Together, we’re holding billionaires accountable and fighting for a democracy that includes us all. John, A new report from the Washington Post and Politico shows that billionaires are not just buying elections. They're manipulating voters as well. In a recorded conference call …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 8, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Republicans thought they’d struck gold with their new messaging.

Together, we’re holding billionaires accountable and fighting for a democracy that includes us all. John, Republicans thought they’d struck gold with their new election-year messaging. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that a “shadow army” of IRS agents was coming for you.[1] Sen. Rick…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 7, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Sign the Petition: Tell President Biden to fight for a tax on Big Oil’s windfall profits

Oil and gas corporations are reaping windfall profits from the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. John, Oil and gas corporations are reaping a bonanza from higher gas prices. Just look at this tweet from Bernie Sanders about their revenues this year: These skyrocketing reve…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 3, 2022 at 2:32 PM

RE: Stop Starbucks from getting a tax break for union-busting

We’re rallying national allies to hold Starbucks accountable for their blatant union busting that they’re then able to turn around and write-off as a business expense when calculating their taxes. John, Wow! Already this week thousands of activists have taken action to hold Starb…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 2, 2022 at 2:57 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Stand with workers, not greedy union-busting corporations

The National Labor Relations Board recently slapped Starbucks with a decision that requires them to re-hire previously fired labor organizers and pay back 100% of denied benefits to workers at hundreds of unionized stores. Become a grassroots co-sponsor of the No Tax Breaks …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 1, 2022 at 9:05 PM

Tell Congress: Stand with workers, not greedy union-busting corporations

The National Labor Relations Board recently slapped Starbucks with a decision that requires them to re-hire previously fired labor organizers and pay back 100% of denied benefits to workers at hundreds of unionized stores. John, Starbucks’ union busting has reached unprecedented …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 31, 2022 at 3:52 PM

Stop Starbucks from getting a tax break for union-busting

We’re rallying national allies to hold Starbucks accountable for their blatant union busting that they’re then able to turn around and write-off as a business expense when calculating their taxes. John, Starbucks’ union busting has reached a new level. Last week, the National Lab…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 28, 2022 at 3:05 PM

RE: Washington Post Fact Checker: “Hyperbolic GOP claims about IRS agents and audits”

This is the same type of rhetoric used to rile up a deadly mob in the January 6th attack on our Capitol. John, Congressional Republicans think their lies and scaremongering over new IRS funding are going to win them the November election. They’re falsely telling voters that 87,00…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 27, 2022 at 4:35 PM

Washington Post Fact Checker: “Hyperbolic GOP claims about IRS agents and audits”

This is the same type of rhetoric used to rile up a deadly mob in the January 6th attack on our Capitol. John, Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, Chuck Grassley. Each is riling up an unhinged right-wing base using lies and dangerous disinformation. Since Democrats passed the Inflation Reduct…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 26, 2022 at 2:30 PM

RE: Tell Facebook: Crack down on dangerous Republican lies and disinformation

In order to avoid another violent attack on our democracy, demand social media companies, including Facebook, crack down on Republican lies and disinformation about the modernization of the IRS. John, We’ve seen the dangerous results of Republican lies. First, there was the Big …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 25, 2022 at 8:54 PM

Tell Facebook: Crack down on dangerous Republican lies and disinformation

In order to avoid another violent attack on our democracy, demand social media companies, including Facebook, crack down on Republican lies and disinformation about the modernization of the IRS. John, We’ve seen the damage that lies and disinformation can do to our country. Dona…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 24, 2022 at 2:34 PM

RE: Hold wealthy tax cheats accountable:

Republicans want to continue our rigged tax system to benefit their wealthy and corporate donors. John, Congressional Republicans think they’ve found the issue that’s going to win the November election and allow them to continue our rigged tax system: lies and scaremongering over…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
August 23, 2022 at 9:10 PM

Hold wealthy tax cheats accountable:

Republicans want to continue our rigged tax system to benefit their wealthy and corporate donors. John, After a decade of congressional Republican attacks and disinvestment, the IRS is staffing up. But it’s not in the way Republicans want you to believe. Included in Democrats’ r…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 20, 2022 at 3:17 PM

RE: Tell Kyrsten Sinema: Stop protecting tax loopholes for Wall Street money managers

According to campaign finance reports, Sinema has received nearly $1 million in campaign donations from private equity group executives in just the 2022 election cycle alone: Tell Senator Kyrsten Sinema: “Fight for people, not Wall Street. Support closing the carried interest…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 19, 2022 at 4:36 PM

Tell Kyrsten Sinema: Stop protecting tax loopholes for Wall Street money managers

According to campaign finance reports, Sinema has received nearly $1 million in campaign donations from private equity group executives in just the 2022 election cycle alone: John, One of the most egregious tax loopholes benefiting millionaires and billionaires is known as the ca…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
August 17, 2022 at 6:17 PM

Republicans know how popular this law will be. That’s why they’re spreading disinformation

Will you help counter GOP disinformation and rally support for the Inflation Reduction Act? John, Congressional Republicans are furious that Democrats have passed a bill that takes on the greed of Big Oil and Big Pharma while delivering for working people and seniors. They know h…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 16, 2022 at 5:32 PM

RE: Now that the Inflation Reduction Act has passed, here’s what’s next in our fight for tax fairness:

Next up: Let’s make the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax a big part of the midterm elections so we can pass it during the next session of Congress. John, Last week, we helped pass historic legislation that makes billionaire corporations pay more of their fair share and cracks down …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 15, 2022 at 5:45 PM

Now that the Inflation Reduction Act has passed, here’s what’s next in our fight for tax fairness:

Next up: Let’s make the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax a big part of the midterm elections so we can pass it during the next session of Congress. John, The Inflation Reduction Act passed the House last week without a single Republican vote. That’s because while Republicans are ha…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
August 13, 2022 at 2:38 PM

RE: You made this victory possible:

We have momentum to continue to unrig our tax code and invest in working families, but first we need to sell this new law to the American people. John, Yesterday, Democrats in the House passed the Inflation Reduction Act, and this historic bill is now headed to President Biden’s…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 12, 2022 at 11:09 PM

You made this victory possible:

We have momentum to continue to unrig our tax code and invest in working families, but first we need to sell this new law to the American people. John, You made this victory possible! It’s taken 40 years and multiple elections, but we are beginning to break the Republican fraud…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 10, 2022 at 2:52 PM

RE: [take action] Tell your U.S. House representative to pass the Inflation Reduction Act!

Thank you for never giving up. John, Voting margins in the House are incredibly narrow. Just a few Democrats could sink the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the Senate on Sunday by a single vote. If this legislation becomes law, it would represent a historic rebuke of 40 yea…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 9, 2022 at 7:15 PM

[take action] Tell your U.S. House representative to pass the Inflation Reduction Act!

Thank you for never giving up. John, Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act by the U.S. Senate on Sunday represents a historic moment, requiring some of the nation’s most profitable corporations and wealthiest citizens to begin to contribute a fairer share of taxes. It will be vo…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 5, 2022 at 8:03 PM

UPDATE: Sinema is on board; what’s in the bill?

Here’s what’s changed in the Senate bill: John, Your pressure is working! Late last night, Senator Kyrsten Sinema confirmed that she’ll support Democrats’ tax and investment plan to lower prescription drug costs, fight climate change and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for 1…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 4, 2022 at 11:29 PM

Kyrsten Sinema’s objection to the bill reflects yet another concession to Wall Street millionaires

Sinema is threatening to unwind tax reforms requiring Wall Street money managers and billion-dollar corporations to pay a fairer share of taxes. John, Senate Democrats are getting close to passing a tax and investment plan that would make millionaires, billionaires, and corporati…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 3, 2022 at 2:51 PM

RE: Tell Congress: This plan lowers costs for millions of Americans, takes on corporate greed, fights the climate crisis and makes the rich and corporations pay a fairer share of taxes

Congressional Republicans do not support giving Medicare the ability to negotiate prescription drug costs. John, The Inflation Reduction Act will make corporations that are price-gouging the American people pay a fairer share of taxes so we can fight climate change, lower prescri…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 2, 2022 at 9:49 PM

Tell Congress: This plan lowers costs for millions of Americans, takes on corporate greed, fights the climate crisis and makes the rich and corporations pay a fairer share of taxes

Congressional Republicans do not support giving Medicare the ability to negotiate prescription drug costs. John, Senate Democrats have put forward the Inflation Reduction Act, which will be voted on later this week, that will fight climate change and lower healthcare and househol…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
July 31, 2022 at 3:32 PM

RE: [take action] we are so close to reining in Big Pharma’s greed

If Congress doesn’t act in the coming weeks, health insurance companies will hike healthcare premiums for the coming year, forcing millions of Americans to lose their healthcare. Tell Congress: “Extend ACA healthcare subsidies and don’t leave 2 million poor people uninsured!”…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 30, 2022 at 4:28 PM

Tell Congress: Extend ACA healthcare subsidies and don’t leave 2 million poor people uninsured!

If Congress doesn’t act in the coming weeks, health insurance companies will hike healthcare premiums for the coming year, forcing millions of Americans to lose their healthcare. John, Drug corporations have been ripping off the American people by price gouging consumers and dodg…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
July 29, 2022 at 4:33 PM

RE: In the 11th hour, our activism is paying off.

Last night Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced an agreement has been reached with Senator Manchin on three critical areas that we’ve been fighting for: John, The Senate is expected to vote next week on a tax and investment plan that includes three critical tax reforms …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 9:04 PM

In the 11th hour, our activism is paying off.

Last night Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced an agreement has been reached with Senator Manchin on three critical areas that we’ve been fighting for: John, We never gave up. Each time Senator Joe Manchin rejected a tax and investment plan that would unrig our econom…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
July 27, 2022 at 4:41 PM

RE: [take action] Tell your member of Congress to become an original co-sponsor of the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax

This plan would raise at least $360 billion over ten years from America’s wealthiest 20,000 households―the richest 0.01%. Tell Your U.S. Representative: “Become an original co-sponsor of the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act before it’s introduced this week.” SIGN &a…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 26, 2022 at 7:21 PM

[take action] Tell your member of Congress to become an original co-sponsor of the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax

This plan would raise at least $360 billion over ten years from America’s wealthiest 20,000 households―the richest 0.01%. John, Even with Senator Joe Manchin’s obstruction of President Biden’s tax and investment plan, Democrats aren’t giving up on implementing policies that make …
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 24, 2022 at 2:29 PM

RE: As billionaires buy elections and rig our laws, they amass even more wealth and power

Why did Joe Manchin flip on supporting a tax and investment plan that makes the rich pay their fair share and finally begins to combat the climate crisis? John It’s impossible to earn a billion dollars. Every single billionaire who amasses that much wealth does it through an inhe…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 23, 2022 at 4:24 PM

As billionaires buy elections and rig our laws, they amass even more wealth and power

Why did Joe Manchin flip on supporting a tax and investment plan that makes the rich pay their fair share and finally begins to combat the climate crisis? John, Why did Joe Manchin flip on supporting a tax and investment plan that makes the rich pay their fair share and finally b…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 22, 2022 at 3:08 PM

RE: Joe Manchin killed the tax plan on the rich and corporations. Here’s what we can still do:

Did you know that each year the richest 1% evades $163 billion in taxes? Tell the U.S. Senate: “Fully fund the IRS to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats.” TAKE ACTION John, Thanks to loopholes written into our tax code, often the wealthy and larg…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 21, 2022 at 5:20 PM

Joe Manchin killed the tax plan on the rich and corporations. Here’s what we can still do:

Did you know that each year the richest 1% evades $163 billion in taxes? John, Last week Joe Manchin killed President Biden’s slimmed down $1 trillion tax and investment plan―which would have been paid for mostly by making the wealthy and corporations pay a fairer share of taxes.…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 4:47 PM

RE: Call your Senators: Tell them Congress should NOT be protecting tax breaks and special loopholes for billionaires and CEOs

Senators need to know WE are watching as wealthy special interests too often determine what gets done in Washington, and that we’re not going to stand for it. John, The billionaires and special interests may have won this round in the Senate, as Senator Joe Manchin rejects a tax …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 19, 2022 at 5:10 PM

Call your Senators: Tell them Congress should NOT be protecting tax breaks and special loopholes for billionaires and CEOs

Please call your U.S. senators today! John, Last week, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia single-handedly killed the trillion-dollar investment and tax plan Democrats have been working on for a year. The plan, a version of which had already passed the House last November, would…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
July 17, 2022 at 7:11 PM

RE: Fight for a democracy that’s of the people and by the people, not of the billionaires, by the billionaires.

We’re demanding they pay taxes each year, just like you and I. John, Billionaires are spending record sums of money buying elections. In Georgia, where Herschel Walker is facing off against incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock, 11 billionaires have donated to super PACs seeking to …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 16, 2022 at 4:25 PM

“These 6 Billionaires Are Helping Bankroll Herschel Walker’s Run For The Senate”

We’re demanding they pay taxes each year, just like you and I. John, Billionaires are throwing their weight around in some of the most pivotal U.S. Senate races of 2022, hoping to elect candidates who are hostile to democracy, abortion rights and Social Security―and very much ant…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 15, 2022 at 10:38 PM

What we are losing because of Joe Manchin’s inexplicable reversal:

It would be hard to find a hard-working resident of West Virginia or any state who is opposed to folks making over $10 million paying a little more in taxes. John, For the last year, Sen. Manchin has consistently said one of his top three priorities in negotiations over a major i…