Tax Day is coming up on April 15. And while most Nevadans are scrambling to finish their returns, a powerful conservative group is making sure they don’t forget something important.
The American Action Network (AAN) is dropping $10 million on a national ad campaign running now through Tax Day. Two Nevada congressional districts — NV-01 (Dina Titus) and NV-03 (Susie Lee) — are squarely in the crosshairs.
AAN is aligned with House Speaker Mike Johnson. The group says the campaign is about one thing: reminding American workers who was on their side when the biggest tax cut in history came up for a vote — and who wasn’t.
“Republicans secured the largest tax cut in history and stood up for working families — a win that will be reflected in tax returns nationwide,” AAN President Chris Winkelman said.
He added:
“As Tax Day approaches, we are reminding Americans that every single Democrat voted to raise their taxes.”
🚨NEW: AAN’s launching a $10 million campaign ahead of Tax Day.
Tell Don Davis and House Democrats to stop voting to raise our taxes! pic.twitter.com/1tKfd350ZK
— American Action Network (@AAN) March 31, 2026
What’s Actually in the Law
The law in question is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — now rebranded by Republicans as the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025. It includes some major wins for everyday workers. The signature 2017 Trump tax cuts were made permanent. Taxes on tips were eliminated. So were taxes on overtime pay.
The no-tax-on-tips provision alone creates a deduction of up to $25,000 on qualified tipped income through 2028. For Nevada — a state where hospitality and service workers make up a huge chunk of the workforce — that’s not a small thing. Dealers, servers, bartenders, housekeepers: these are real people with real bills. They keep more of what they earn under this law.
Why It Matters in Nevada
This isn’t just a national story. Nevada has the highest share of tipped workers of any state in the country. When Congress voted on this bill, the question wasn’t abstract. It was personal.
Reps. Titus, Lee, and Horsford all publicly supported the no-tax-on-tips concept — yet all three voted against the bill that actually delivered it. Then, in a move that left many observers shaking their heads, all three sent a letter to the Treasury Department demanding swift implementation of the provision, with Horsford even posting on social media that “The Trump admin listened” to the three of them.
Dina Titus herself told Punchbowl News that explaining their position is “a challenge,” saying:
“Yeah, we want no tax on tips, but we don’t want it capped… that’s always harder. They say in politics, if you’re explaining, you’re backing up.”
Exactly.
What Democrats Are Saying
To be fair, Democrats didn’t stay quiet. They call the law the “big ugly bill” and argue it favors the wealthy.
DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene said Republicans have been :
“favoring the wealthy and the well-connected, tax breaks for the wealthy and the well-connected, but hurting working families across the country.”
A national DCCC spokesperson took it further, dismissing the no-tax-on-tips provision as mere “crumbs” for working families. That comment did not land well in Nevada. The NRCC fired back:
“National Democrats just mocked Nevada’s servers, bartenders, cooks, housekeepers, dealers, and hospitality workers, sneering that their right to keep their own hard-earned tip money amounts to nothing more than ‘crumbs.'”
For a limited-government conservative, this contrast says it all. Washington Democrats looked at a tax cut that lets workers keep more of their own money — and called it nothing.
The Political Stakes
A new NRCC battleground poll of 46 House districts — including NV-01 and NV-03 — found that voters are less likely to support a Democrat who backed what Republicans are calling the largest tax hike since World War II, hitting 80 percent of Americans.
Speaker Johnson put it plainly in a recent social media post:
“Hardworking families will see the LARGEST tax cuts in American history… putting more money in their pockets, thanks to Congressional Republicans and President Donald J. Trump.”
What You Can Do
This issue will be front and center in November. If you believe workers should keep more of what they earn — and that government’s job is to get out of the way — pay attention to how your representative voted.
The ad campaign runs through April 15.
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