Congressman Schweikert’s Record Shows He Has Voted for Some of Project 2025's Worst Ideas
PHOENIX — A new report details how Project 2025, a series of policy proposals by the right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation – including proposals that Congressman David Schweikert has voted for – would harm Arizonans.
According to the Center for American Progress:
“Project 2025 shifts the tax burden from the wealthy onto the middle class. Under the plan, the typical family of four in Arizona would see a tax increase of $2,720 per year, while 45,000 households in America reporting more than $10 million in income would each see an average annual tax cut of $1.5 million.”
(Congressman Schweikert has voted for tax cuts for the rich and corporations and voted to protect wealthy tax cheats from scrutiny.)
“Project 2025 authors have endorsed and supported plans similar to the two most recent Republican Study Committee budget proposals, which propose increasing the Social Security retirement age from 67 to 69. Doing so would cut benefits by $4,100 to $8,900 after just one year, depending on when one claims Social Security. A median-wage retiree would lose $46,000 to $100,000 over 10 years.”
(Congressman Schweikert is a member of the Republican Study Committee and has voted to cut Social Security and raise the retirement age.)
“Project 2025 proposes imposing ‘limits or lifetime caps on [Medicaid] benefits.’ In Arizona, 458,700 Medicaid enrollees would be at risk of losing coverage because they are low income and lack access to alternative, affordable coverage.”
(Congressman Schweikert voted to cut Medicaid and is currently a member of the right-wing Republican Study Committee that proposed deep cuts to Medicaid.)
“The plan would raise the cost of prescription drugs for up to 388,850 people in Arizona by eliminating out-of-pocket Medicare drug cost limits. It also blocks the government from negotiating lower drug prices.”
(Congressman Schweikert voted against the Inflation Reduction Act that lowered prescription drug prices.)
“We already know that Arizonans don’t support Project 2025 policy proposals and now we can see how those policies would hurt Arizona families and retirees while benefiting the ultra-wealthy,” said Andrea Moreno, Executive Director of Honest Arizona. “Congressman Schweikert needs to stop voting for extreme tax giveaways for those at the top and, instead, start voting to help Arizona families get ahead.”
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