Rochelle Kaplan: '[Mike Lee] voted yes to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, a boondoggle of lower taxes for the überwealthy and huge corporations, while the rest of us were left with a trillion-dollar federal deficit increase.'
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, speaks with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.to see if candidates have provided their positions on key issues in the 2022 Political Courage Test. Mike Lee didn’t furnish responses.
Lee voted no on the Small Business COVID Relief Act, which allocated resources to restaurants, gyms, minor league sports teams and event venues and no, again, on the America Competes Act, which jumpstarts our semiconductor industry. Lee consistently voted no, during COVID, to extend government funding and emergency assistance to the BLM, the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Services division of HHS, Afghan refugees and dollars for national disaster relief.
No on the Families First COVID Response Act , which gave paid sick leave to those who got ill, provided free COVID tests, expanded food assistance and unemployment benefits and protected health care workers. The Paycheck Fairness Act earned another no from Lee. Utah tops the U.S. for pay disparity between men and women. No to raising the federal minimum wage, which stands at $7.25/hour, where it’s been stuck since 2009. No to reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.
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