Democrats voted against the tax cuts passed by Republicans in 2024.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonOct 29, 2026As extracted, the claim refers to 2024, but the 2024 tax legislation was bipartisan: the House passed it 357-70 with broad Democratic support, and the Senate blocked it mainly through Republican opposition. The Democrats-unified-in-opposition record concerns the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), so the extracted year departs from the passage and the claim is false as written.
What was said
… And the American people know what is happening here. Republicans have delivered on our promises in 2024. We brought down cost. We. We cut their taxes and the largest tax cut in u. S. History. We made their streets safer. We returned to American dominance. The democrats voted against all of that. And people are looking at record over rhetoric.
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The 2024 tax bill (H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act) passed the House 357-70 in a strongly bipartisan vote, meaning most Democrats voted for it rather than against it.[4][5][6]
Contradicts. In the House Ways and Means Committee, the 2024 bill was approved 40-3, with only three Democrats (Doggett, Sanchez, Moore) dissenting, which does not show Democrats voting against the tax cuts as a bloc.[1][7]
Contradicts. The Senate's August 2024 procedural vote (48-44) failed largely because most Republicans opposed the bill; only one Democrat voted against it, and three Republicans voted with Democrats to advance it.[4][5][6]
Context. The passage's likely referent is the 2025 OBBBA, which the House passed 218-214 with Democrats unified in opposition, and which was not a 2024 measure. Its tax cuts were passed by Republicans with no Democratic votes, so the extraction's 2024 date is the point of departure.[2][3][8]
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8 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1House panel advances $78 billion tax-break bill in strong bipartisan votereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2The House gives final approval to Trump's big tax bill ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Misleading GOP Attacks Over Taxes on Tips, Overtime, Social Securityfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Inside Congress Live, Aug 01, 2024 - Live Updatespolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 5www.pwc.compwc.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6The Senate just killed a plan to cut taxes for parents and small businesses, calling it ‘cash welfare’fortune.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7Tax News & Views - Deloittedhub.deloitte.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 8Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill wins congressional ...ksl.com · not rated · cited for: context
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