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Whip Hoyer Launches GOPTaxBill.us, a New Website Dedicated to Ensuring the Public's Voice is Heard as Congress Debates the Republican Tax Bill

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Press Release
For Immediate Release:
November 3, 2017
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Mariel Saez 202-225-3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) launched GOPTaxBill.us today, a new website dedicated to ensuring that the public's voice is heard as House Republicans attempt to rush their bill to provide tax cuts to the wealthy through Congress.
 

“The People’s House must hear the People’s voice,” said Whip Hoyer.GOPTaxBill.us is an effort to increase transparency and accountability and assure Americans that they have a voice in this debate as Republicans attempt to rush their bill through Congress. Similar to their TrumpCare efforts, House Republicans are once again trying to jam a partisan bill through Congress without any input from the American people. Republicans released this bill yesterday, a bill that impacts every American and every American business in significant ways, and they plan to pass it before Thanksgiving with the explicit goal of allowing virtually no time for Members and the public to review the bill and voice concerns. That is unacceptable, which is why this new website is critical.”

“Every American deserves to have their voice heard by Congress in this critical debate—both supporters and opponents,” continued Whip Hoyer. “Civic engagement with Congress is enshrined in the Constitution. GOPTaxBill.us is not just an online petition site – opinions shared by the public on GOPTaxBill.us are delivered to the individual’s representatives in Congress, both House and Senate, and I will share the tallies of those opinions, which anyone can see on GOPTaxBill.us, within the halls of Congress.”

The last time Congress significantly rewrote U.S. tax law was in 1986, when both parties worked together over two years, with over 30 total days of public hearing featuring over 450 witnesses.  Republicans are now attempting to pass a major rewrite of the tax code in only three weeks’ time with no hearings or witnesses and with zero input from Democrats. House Republicans are rushing the process to hide the fact that they are passing massive tax cuts for the wealthy while leaving middle class families behind and exploding the deficit.

GOPTaxBill.us will tally and prominently display the opinion of any American who speaks out on this bill through widgets provided by PopVox.com, a leading non-partisan platform for civic engagement and legislative information. In addition to tallying and prominently displaying all public sentiment, like on GOPTaxBill.us, PopVox allows any person sharing their opinion to also deliver that opinion as an email to that person's individual Representative in the House, as well as their two Senators. PopVox uses numerous security mechanisms to ensure opinions left are from real people with real addresses.