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The Coalition to Protect American Workers, led by GOP strategists including Mark Short, who served as former Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PencePompeo to headline fundraiser for Youngkin Pence-linked group steps up pressure on Congress in tax campaign Mellman: Your rights and my nose MOREs chief of staff, iswarning members of Congress against reversing President TrumpDonald TrumpStudy finds more than 9,000 anti-Asian attacks took place since March 2020 Biden marks fourth anniversary of Charlottesville Trump, House committee to appeal judge's order to hand over some tax records MOREs landmark 2017 tax reform law.

If any elected member of Congress tries to jeopardize the next American recovery in the name of higher spending, expansive social welfare programs, the green new deal and higher taxes, we will ensure that you are held accountable, the group wrote in a letter tolawmakers.

The group has a budget of between $25 million to $50 million to spend to oppose President BidenJoe BidenBiden urges Californians to vote against effort to recall Newsom Taliban's advance picks up speed, intensifying Afghanistan crisis Overnight Defense: Troopshead back to Afghanistan to aid diplomatic evacuation MOREs plan to increase the corporate tax rate to 28 percent and increase taxes on individuals earning more than $400,000 a year.

It is circulating its letter as Senate Democrats are preparing to put together a $3.5 trillion spending package that could raise taxes by the same amount, depending on whether moderates such as Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinFamily of John Lewis joins rally pressing Biden to help end Senate filibuster Pence-linked group steps up pressure on Congress in tax campaign The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by AT&T - Pelosi refuses to budge on bipartisan infrastructure bill MORE (D-W.Va.) insist that it be entirely paid for so as not to add to the deficit.

The group warned that the Senates passage of a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill earlier this week begins a process to unwind [the] 2017 tax cuts and take away opportunities from families across the country.

Democrats in Congress have repeatedly expressed their intention to tie this bill to over $3 trillion in tax increases through a partisan reconciliation process, it wrote.

While we are disappointed to see that Congress has linked infrastructure to tax increases, the Coalition to Protect American Workers will continue undaunted in our mission to preserve the benefits of the 2017 tax cuts, it added.

The group is touting the economic benefits of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, one of Trumps biggest policy accomplishments, in what is certain to become core talking points of the Republican effort to defeat or whittle down the Democrats $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.

The results of the 2017 tax cut were rapid and extraordinary. In just over two years after the time that tax cuts were signed into law the U.S. added 5.3 million new jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, which was the lowest rate in 50 years, it wrote.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTaliban's advance picks up speed, intensifying Afghanistan crisis McConnell demands Biden commit to sending more troops back to Afghanistan Pence-linked group steps up pressure on Congress in tax campaign MORE (R-Ky.) has similarly cited statistics reflecting the strength of the U.S. economy before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nationlast year to make clear that Republicans will vote in unison to oppose any unwinding of the 2017 tax law.

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