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Republicans are moving ahead with their GOP tax scam, but the American people just aren’t that into it.

ICYMI, we wanted to be sure you saw this op-ed by Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin on the dangers of the GOP Tax Scam in this morning’s Washington Post. Secretary Rubin rejects Republicans’ claim that these tax cuts will pay for themselves and highlights how it will worsen the nation’s fiscal outlook. Read his full op-ed here and find highlights below:

It looks like some House Republicans are getting cold feet about voting for their tax bill ahead of the Senate – nervous that President Trump might turn against them and support the Senate version instead.

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) calls the #GOPTaxScam as he sees it and is making clear to GOP leaders that he is going to oppose the bill.

It seems the American people aren’t buying what the GOP is selling.

Attention House Republicans: you might want to think real carefully about your vote on the tax bill, since there’s a good chance that there won’t be a conference report – just like with ACA repeal, it seems pretty likely whatever the Senate passes will just come over here for a vote.

As Republicans move forward with their #GOPTaxScam, wanted to make sure you saw this New York Times piece sharing stories from Americans who claim the medical expense deduction and the below letter from patient groups and health organizations in opposition to the GOP’s plan to eliminate this deduction:

Today, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center released their analysis of the GOP tax bill showing 38 million middle-class taxpayers would see a tax increase while the majority of tax cuts benefit the wealthy. As you can imagine, the headlines aren’t pretty: