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Senator Barrasso: ‘Families Will See Bigger Tax Refunds This Year’
With tax filing season underway, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Senate Majority Whip, spoke on the Senate Floor Wednesday to discuss how Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts law lowers taxes and delivers bigger tax refunds for American families.
Senator Barrasso closed his remarks on the Senate Floor by saying Republicans promised to deliver prosperity for all Americans and that’s exactly what they’re doing, as the bigger tax refunds Americans will see this year prove it.
Dennis Fox
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 am
The less the gov’t takes from us thru taxes, the more we have in our own pockets, to spend as we see fit.
Appropriate, since we earned the money in the first place.
Lower taxes are always better.
Mark Steingass
January 29, 2026 at 1:53 pm
Tariffs are a tax either directly or indirectly…as for the possibility of “gov’t” offering lower taxes that most likely isn’t going to happen since the interest accruing on the national debt is close to or exceeding the GDP alone….so where will the money come from to pay down the national debt?….considering AI will revolutionize the job market fewer employees will be paying into the overall tax structure…I do not have much hope that the “gov’t” will be taking “less” tax money from US citizens…and considering the upcoming US Supreme Court decision regarding tariffs may not be favorable to the Trump administration more “financial tax liability” will befall directly on the shoulders of US citizens so either the national debt will need to be paid by tariff taxation and by direct taxation…and as for the one cent tax you have so much contempt for that doesn’t amount to a pinch of poop.
Fred Osborn
January 29, 2026 at 8:15 am
“Republicans promised to deliver prosperity for all Americans…” excuse me but I sure as hay haven’t seen all this so called “prosperity” they lie about. Ask any working man about how great they are doing…not all agree.When will Americans wake up to all this fraud and hypocrisy?
Mark Steingass
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 pm
Republicans buy votes by offering tax breaks to oligarchs and upscale citizens and Democrats buy votes by offering tax breaks (or other incentives) to the voting public…
Dennis Fox
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 pm
It takes time to fix all the damage that “Autopen” inflicted on us. Be patient.
The border is closed. We’re deporting record numbers of invading criminals. Tax cuts are incoming. And the murder rate hasn’t been this low since 1900!
Mark Steingass
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 am
as for the border…there was a bipartisan bill during the end of the Biden administration that had enough backing to pass….until the narcissist sabotaged that pending bill…deporting undocumented criminals is fine the problem lies in all the mayhem in our society that is being created by deporting the undocumented immigrants who have already integrated into our society and are productive hard working individuals who have employers, friends and family…real Christians…as for “damage” from the Biden administration?…there is more to running a country that “deportation of criminals…ask US business owners along the Canadian border or in Las Vegas or other tourist destinations about dramatically decreased Canadian tourist foot traffic and real lost income…and the consider the ramifications of recent “free trade” agreements among many EU countries (including Canada) between themselves and also with China. Finally consider all the hate, chaos and anger the narcissist has instigated….I could go on and on…
Harriett Oleson
January 29, 2026 at 3:14 pm
Come now, Fred., all of us rich folks who made more than a million saw prosperity via see Trumpian tax cuts. And the big, beautiful bill. Yes, happy days are here again…FOR THEM !!!!
Thomas Jones
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 pm
Im sure billionaires Polis, gov CO,and Pritzker, gov IL, are excited at the prospect. Let’s not forget our own blue Teton county that has many billionaires.
Rollie zempel
January 30, 2026 at 8:47 am
I have not seen any help in reducing my taxes . I’m not sure 1000 dollars will help very many families, if any . Groceries are out of sight with increases you do not hardly get anything for 250 $ . My opinion is the Tariffs are over pricing us for goods we need . Fixing a car buying Groceries I think it’s TARIFFS