Looney, Duff to Senate MAGA Caucus: Where Is Your ‘Comprehensive’ Tax Cut Plan?

“It is as real as Donald Trump’s promise to lower prices on Day 1.”

HARTFORD — Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) today demanded that the Senate MAGA caucus produce actual legislation to back the “comprehensive” $1.5 billion tax cut plan they have been promoting for months, with the legislative session set to expire at midnight on Wednesday, May 6. The Senate leaders stated:

“The Senate MAGA caucus has held press conference after press conference and issued press release after press release about their so-called comprehensive tax plan. But with the clock ticking down on this legislative session, there is still nothing on paper. The public, the media, and legislators have no bill number, no fiscal analysis, and no public hearing. Just more campaign talking points and empty promises. It is as real as Donald Trump’s promise to lower prices on Day 1 — which is to say, it was never real at all.

“From what we can tell so far, this press release budget would increase the deficit, empty the Rainy Day fund, saddle future generations with more debt, and jeopardize the fiscal guardrails. Additionally, the press release budget would in no way be replicable next year and beyond, causing taxes to go right back where they are now and potentially even higher. The full economic damage of these half-baked ideas is unknown, as the Senate MAGA caucus refuses to put anything on paper for non-partisan analysis.

“Connecticut families dealing with thousands of dollars of increased costs imposed on them by the Trump regime’s tariffs, pointless war, and reckless governance deserve real tax relief, not a social media stunt designed to fool voters into thinking his Connecticut MAGA allies have a plan. The Democrats will deliver actual, vetted tax cuts as part of a responsible budget before this session ends. The Senate MAGA caucus could not be bothered to introduce so much as a bill. Connecticut families deserve better from their elected representatives than a press release dressed up as legislation.”

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Contact: Kevin Coughlin | kevin.coughlin@cga.ct.gov | 203-710-0193