Never vote for a tax increase.

Elise M. Stefanik · New York · Republican

policy impact 0.93 specificity 0.98 extraction confidence 99%

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Occurrences

Keeping her pledge to her constituents, Elise has NEVER voted for a tax increase and NEVER will.

Explicit pledge against any future tax increase votes.

Jobs & the Economy - Elise for Congress
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Evidence

“When she first ran for office, she promised to never vote for a tax hike and she has proudly kept her promise to hardworking North Country families.”

Stefanik's official House site states that her campaign promise was to never vote for a tax hike and claims she has kept it.

partial same_term

Economic Growth, Small Businesses, and Jobs | Congresswoman Elise Stefanik
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Roll Call 385, Build Back Better Act, On Passage. The vote record shows: Stefanik, Republican, New York, Nay.

Stefanik voted against the Build Back Better Act, a major reconciliation bill considered in 2021.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 385 | U.S. House Clerk
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The bill summary states that it imposes a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax on large corporations and a 1% excise tax on stock repurchases.

Congress.gov confirms the Build Back Better Act included tax increases on corporations and stock repurchases.

partial same_term

H.R.5376 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14. | Congress.gov
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Assessments

delivered same_term

This promise is an abstention pledge: the relevant test is whether Stefanik cast any vote for a tax increase while serving in the federal office she sought. The evidence provided supports that she maintained that position, including an official House-page statement in 2026 that she had kept the pledge and an official House roll-call showing she voted against H.R. 5376, a bill that included corporate tax increases. No contrary vote for a tax increase appears in the record supplied, so the best judgment is that she delivered on the promise as made. The timing is same_term because the promise concerned her conduct in office and the available evidence shows compliance during her service in the office she won.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 83%

partial same_term

The supplied evidence shows Stefanik made the pledge and voted against at least one major bill containing tax increases, the Build Back Better Act. However, the record provided does not establish an exhaustive review of all tax-related votes across her tenure, which is necessary to verify a categorical promise to never vote for any tax increase. The promise is therefore supported in part but not fully proven fulfilled on the evidence given.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%