Representative Mike Johnson is moving up the GOP ranks in Congress as he’s been elected as the vice-chair of the House Republican Conference. Johnson says building back the nation’s economy from the coronavirus pandemic is a major priority and they will push back against the desire of Democrats to raise taxes.

“They’re talking about raising taxes dramatically and reversing some of the regulatory reforms that we achieved and we feel like that will be a step backwards and it’s going to be devastating for the economy,” said Johnson.

President-elect Joe Biden has discussed raising taxes on households that make more than $400,000 dollars as well as raising corporate taxes.

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