Treasury Report Shows 97% of Americans Got a Tax Cut While Titus, Lee, and Horsford Voted No

A new Treasury Department analysis is putting Nevada Democrats back on defense after finding that 97% of Americans received a tax cut during the most recent filing season thanks to President Donald Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts.

The report delivers a fresh reminder that while Republicans were fighting to put more money back into Americans’ pockets, Nevada Democrats Dina Titus, Susie Lee, and Steven Horsford were fighting to stop it.

According to Treasury, the benefits overwhelmingly flowed to working Americans. Nearly 96% of filers receiving a tax cut earned less than $200,000 annually, while nearly 70% earned less than $100,000. More than 29 million workers claimed No Tax on Overtime, more than 7.5 million workers claimed No Tax on Tips, and over 35 million seniors benefited from the Enhanced Senior Deduction.

For Nevada, those numbers carry particular significance.

Few states have as much at stake in the No Tax on Tips debate as Nevada. The state’s economy depends on the hospitality industry, with hundreds of thousands of workers relying on tips as a critical part of their income. Republicans have repeatedly argued that the policy was specifically designed to benefit workers who power the Las Vegas economy.

Yet Titus, Lee, and Horsford voted against it.

Republicans say that vote is becoming harder to defend as more Americans see the benefits reflected in their paychecks and tax returns.

RNC Spokesperson Nick Poche said the contrast could not be clearer.

“While Susie Lee and Democrats fought for a $5 trillion tax hike, Republicans delivered tax relief to 97% of Americans. Lee spent months attacking the largest middle-class tax cut in history, and Nevada families won’t forget that Republicans put money back in their pockets.”

The political problem for Nevada Democrats did not end with their votes.

Last year, Titus, Lee, and Horsford found themselves facing accusations of taking a victory lap for tax relief they had actively opposed. As previously reported by NOTUS and The Nevada Globe, Nevada Democrats who voted against No Tax on Tips later attempted to claim credit for the policy once it became politically popular.

Republicans were quick to call out what they viewed as blatant hypocrisy.

After voting against the legislation, criticizing it publicly, and dismissing its benefits, Nevada Democrats suddenly became eager to talk about the tax relief once workers began seeing larger paychecks and bigger refunds.

The criticism was especially fierce for Susie Lee.

The NRCC has spent months hammering Lee for not simply voting against No Tax on Tips, but for publicly mocking it. Republicans repeatedly pointed to Lee’s dismissal of the policy as “crumbs” and accused her of being completely disconnected from the workers who keep Nevada’s economy running.

Last year, NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez blasted Lee for what Republicans described as an attempt to rewrite history.

“Out of touch Democrat Susie Lee is a shameless hypocrite. She voted against ‘No Tax on Tips’ for Nevada’s families and mocked it as ‘crumbs.’ She’s blocking the very workers who keep Nevada’s economy running from taking home a few extra dollars,” Martinez said.

The criticism escalated earlier this year after Lee appeared in a local television interview discussing the policy.

Martinez immediately pounced.

“Shameless @SusieLeeNV voted AGAINST No Tax on Tips, stiffing Nevada’s waitresses, bartenders, and hotel workers. Now that it’s popular and putting real money back in their pockets, suddenly she’s on TV pretending she led the charge. Desperate liar.”

For Republicans, the episode perfectly illustrates the political trap facing Nevada Democrats.

They opposed the policy when it mattered. They voted against it when they had the chance. Then they tried to take credit for it after Nevada workers started benefiting from it.

The broader challenge for Democrats is that taxes remain one of the GOP’s strongest issues.

For years, Republicans have successfully argued that working families should keep more of their own money, while Democrats have increasingly become associated with higher taxes, bigger government, and more spending. In a state where affordability remains one of voters’ top concerns, Republicans believe that message resonates more than ever.

Families continue to struggle with housing costs, groceries, utility bills, and the lingering effects of inflation. Against that backdrop, tax relief that directly benefits workers, seniors, and small businesses is politically powerful.

The Treasury report only strengthens that argument.

While Democrats spent months attacking the Working Families Tax Cuts package, Treasury’s analysis shows the overwhelming majority of benefits went to middle-class and working-class Americans, not the wealthy.

For Republicans, that validates what they have been saying all along.

For Titus, Lee, and Horsford, it creates yet another vote they will have to explain.

Because while Nevada workers were keeping more of their tips, holding on to more of their overtime pay, and taking home larger refunds, Nevada Democrats were voting no.

And now that Americans are seeing the results for themselves, Republicans are making sure voters remember exactly who stood in the way.

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