AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - New Mexico Democrat voted against no tax on tips, then championed the same policy weeks later
Rep. Gabriel Vasquez opposed the Big Beautiful Bill's no-tax-on-tips provision in July, then told local outlets a month later that tipped workers "deserve to take home more of their hard-earned pay." Vasquez, a Democrat representing a competitive New Mexico district, cast his vote against the sweeping tax package that President Trump signed into law on […] The post New Mexico Democrat voted against no tax on tips, then championed the same policy weeks later appeared first on American Almanac .
Rep. Gabriel Vasquez opposed the Big Beautiful Bill's no-tax-on-tips provision in July, then told local outlets a month later that tipped workers "deserve to take home more of their hard-earned pay." Vasquez, a Democrat representing a competitive New Mexico district, cast his vote against the sweeping tax package that President Trump signed into law on July 4. Every House Democrat joined him in opposing it. By August, Vasquez was publicly calling for a permanent, expanded version of the very policy he had just helped try to block, a pivot that hands Republicans a ready-made attack line heading into a tight general election. The contradiction is straightforward. The Big Beautiful Bill included a no-tax-on-tips provision alongside Medicaid…Open