Hold the line on taxes.

Bryan Steil · Wisconsin · Republican

policy impact 0.70 specificity 0.56 extraction confidence 91%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

Bryan will use his background in manufacturing and education to create high wage jobs, lower the cost of healthcare, hold the line on taxes and prepare workers for the jobs of the future.

Steil is presented as committing to oppose tax increases and keep taxes steady.

Bryan Steil Wins Final Debate - Steil for Wisconsin
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Evidence

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The House Clerk roll call for H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Act) records Bryan Steil as voting Yea on passage.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Steil backed the major House tax package, which is direct evidence consistent with holding taxes down rather than raising them.

delivered same_term A for effort

Roll Call 145 | Bill Number: H. R. 1
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 1 as law, with latest action on 07/04/2025: Became Public Law No. 119-21. The same record shows House passage on 05/22/2025 by Roll no. 145 and identifies the bill as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with policy area Economics and Public Finance.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official legislative status confirms that the tax package Steil supported in the existing roll-call evidence became Public Law 119-21 during the same House term, strengthening the case from mere effort to partial delivery of tax policy.

partial same_term

H.R.1 - An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. 119th Congress (2025-2026)
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Treasury reported that through the April filing deadline, families and workers claimed $82 billion in individual relief from the Working Families Tax Cuts, and that 97% of filers received a tax cut who otherwise would have faced expiration of the 2017 tax cuts.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Treasury implementation data shows the enacted tax law produced tax relief in the 2026 filing season. This supports partial delivery for a broad 'hold the line on taxes' promise, while not proving Steil alone delivered the full outcome.

partial same_term A for effort

New Analysis: The Working Families Tax Cuts Delivers the Largest Share of Tax Relief to American Families and Workers
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Steil materially advanced tax-cut policy in the 119th Congress by voting Yea on House passage of H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. Treasury implementation evidence indicates the law provided broad individual tax relief and avoided expiration-driven tax increases for many filers. That supports same-term credit, but the promise was broad and ongoing, and the record provided does not establish that all relevant taxes were held down or that Steil individually authored or drove the full policy package, so partial delivery is more appropriate than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Steil took a concrete same-term action consistent with the promise by voting for a major House tax package and opposing higher taxes. But the record here shows legislative support, not a completed tax outcome attributable to him on its own, and the evidence does not establish that the broader promise to 'hold the line on taxes' was fully delivered across federal policy. That supports partial credit rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 83%