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Chicago’s Anti-Tourism Hotel Tax

Apr 12, 2026Center Right

Raising the cost of accommodations will undermine the city’s competitiveness, making the city less attractive for businesses and visitors.

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Pay-to-play cycle behind GOP's corporate tax cuts exposed in new report

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Pay-to-play cycle behind GOP's corporate tax cuts exposed in new report

Major American corporations that benefited from tax cuts enacted last year by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are donating to the campaigns of GOP lawmakers who made the windfall possible.A report published Friday by Unrig Our Economy spotlights seven House Republicans who voted for the sprawling and unpopular GOP budget package, which extended tax breaks for corporations and wealthy Americans while inflicting unprecedented cuts on Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance—with disastrous consequences for millions of low-income families across the country.Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), one of the lawmakers featured in the new report, has received campaign donations from corporate PACs representing 3M, Amazon, Walmart, AT&T, and other companies that collectively received billions of dollars in tax breaks from the Republican law, which restored a provision allowing businesses to immediately write off new investments.Amazon saw its US income taxes fall by more than half last year due to the GOP law, even as the company’s profits grew. Unrig Our Economy noted that Amazon, whose PAC donated thousands to the Republicans spotlighted in the new report, has an effective federal tax rate of 1.37% following enactment of the budget law.Miller-Meeks, who has received at least $57,000 in donations from the PACs of companies that benefited from the 2025 law, issued a statement Thursday bragging about supporting “the largest tax cuts in American history,” not mentioning that the benefits will disproportionately flow to profitable corporations and the richest people in the country.“Thanks to the Republican tax law, corporations are receiving tax breaks, House Republicans are getting campaign cash, and working families are getting stuck with the bill,” the report states.Another Republican lawmaker featured in the report, Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania, received $2,500 in campaign donations from the PAC of FirstEnergy, which reaped $500 million in depreciation deductions thanks to the GOP tax law.“Bresnahan voted to give FirstEnergy hundreds of millions in tax breaks even after the company raised utility prices for his constituents,” Unrig Our Economy’s report observes.The report also points out that Bresnahan “owned stock in every single one” of the companies who contributed PAC money to his campaign following passage of the Republican budget package last summer.“This comes after Bresnahan has already faced scrutiny for dumping stock in Medicaid providers and selling off bonds in Pennsylvania hospitals before voting to slash Medicaid and put rural hospitals at risk,” the report notes.Leor Tal, Unrig Our Economy’s campaign director, said in a statement that “one year ago, House Republicans ripped away healthcare and food assistance from millions of Americans, so that corporations could get massive tax breaks.”“Now, many of those companies are dishing out PAC money to the Republicans listed in this report,” said Tal. “Republicans in Congress sold out many of their own constituents to help corporations get even richer. It’s time that House Republicans step up, do the right thing, and start fighting for working Americans—not giant corporations.”

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Review: Gore Vidal's Burr Is the Anti-Hamilton

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11 hours ago

Review: Gore Vidal's Burr Is the Anti-Hamilton

America's Founding through the eyes of the least popular Founding Father

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James Talarico is even more anti-gun than we thought

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James Talarico is even more anti-gun than we thought

Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico expressed his support for a gun licensing system, mandated safety standards for handguns and a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms in […]

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‘Birth tourism,’ though rare, prompts talk of barring pregnant women from entering US

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‘Birth tourism,’ though rare, prompts talk of barring pregnant women from entering US

The Supreme Court’s ruling upholding birthright citizenship has prompted an outcry from the far right, including members of President Trump’s own administration, who have suggested the U.S. limit the entry of pregnant women into the country. The high court in a 6-3 decision Tuesday killed a Day 1 executive order from Trump seeking to limit birthright citizenship only to…

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Outrage Over Texas Teaching The Bible Is Anti-Intellectual

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Outrage Over Texas Teaching The Bible Is Anti-Intellectual

Outrage over the Texas State School Board of Education’s requirement that the Bible be included in the K-12 curriculum isn’t just anti-God, it speaks to a lack of understanding of what made the West great.

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Responding to the "Birth Tourism" Objection to Birthright Citizenship

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Responding to the "Birth Tourism" Objection to Birthright Citizenship

Not only is the problem overblown. It isn't really a problem at all.

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SCOTUS Pasting Birth Tourism Into The Constitution Demands A Legal System Rebuild

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SCOTUS Pasting Birth Tourism Into The Constitution Demands A Legal System Rebuild

That a court with six Republican-appointed justices could hand down such a patently un-American decision is an indictment of America's rogue legal system.

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Congress plans to ‘reign in’ birth tourism scams after SCOTUS ruling

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Congress plans to ‘reign in’ birth tourism scams after SCOTUS ruling

Congress is planning to crack down on birth tourism after the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling preserved birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that […]

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