The House Ways & Means Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on the 2017 Trump tax cuts, many of which expire in 2025. The record on these tax cuts is crystal clear: they are skewed to the rich, costly & failed to deliver promised economic benefits, especially for workers.

Issue One board member, philanthropist and impact investor Ian Simmons: “The direction of our country—and especially financing of our elections—should be driven by 100% American interests.”

Read this Forbes article from Ian Simmons — which cogently explains why we need common-sense laws to ban political spending by foreign-influenced US corporations.

One of the most overlooked issues this election cycle is the amount of foreign-influenced cash pouring into U.S. elections, writes our Ian Simmons in Forbes. Read his latest column. bit.ly/49f5Gwz

Important to know: Companies accountable to foreign investors are investing hundreds of millions in U.S. elections. This undermines America—our economy, our security, and our republic. But we can stop it. My latest for Forbes: bit.ly/49f5Gwz

While Kevin McCarthy and team MAGA are trying to rewind the clock on progress, Minnesota is giving lessons in what a democracy should look like.
 
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BREAKING NEWS:
Minnesota just took steps to protect our democracy.

Last night, they passed legislation that will:
✅ Strengthen the freedom to vote
✅ Modernize the state’s campaign finance system
✅ Reduce foreign influence in Minnesota’s elections

Huge congrats to all the Minnesotans and organizations that made this victory possible. Big shout-out to Free Speech For People, which has been a relentless leader on this people-powered democracy reform.

This bill is a huge step forward in protecting and expanding our democracy in MN. Thank you to Sen. Liz Boldon for leading the way in MN Senate. And thanks to everyone in the We Choose Us coalition—we did it! #mnleg

BREAKING: Minnesota just became the first state in the nation to end foreign-influenced corporate spending in elections! The Democracy for the People Act includes that important provision, along with many other provisions to strengthen democracy. Thank you We Choose Us! Free Speech For People

It's official!

The Minnesota House passes the #Democracy4thePeople Act!

Tonight we celebrate. And tomorrow, we get ready to bring it to the Senate!

BREAKING: Minnesota House of Representatives just passed the Democracy for the People Act, a major bill that strengthens democracy and serves as a model for the nation. minnesotareformer.com/2023/04/13/hou… Free Speech For People We Choose Us

NEW: How Wisconsin liberals set record campus turnout in court election

Thank you Dylan Wells and Dan Balz for telling the story of how young voters across WI mobilized for this one in a lifetime election

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Congress, pass my billionaire minimum tax.

Last year, President Biden signed legislation to make big corporations begin to pay their fair share.

Now, he’s calling on Congress to pass a billionaire minimum tax – ensuring that the wealthiest Americans no longer pay a lower tax rate than teachers and firefighters.

The Billionaire Minimum Income Tax would raise hundreds of billions of dollars over a decade and dramatically change the game to make sure the wealthiest are taxed more like the rest of us

This is critical. The biggest flaw in the tax code is that some of the wealthiest people in the country do not pay taxes each year on most of their income:

White House says Biden will renew call for 'billionaire minimum tax' in SOTU, along with *quadrupling* stock buyback tax.