Rep.Gabriel Vasquez, D-N.M., voted against the package that implemented President Donald Trump’s "no tax on tips" law despite calling for a permanent implementation of the policy just a month later."Tipped workers deserve to take home more of their hard-earned pay," Vasquez told local outlets in August.Vasquez, along with the rest of his Democratic colleagues, voted against President Donald Trump’s "Big Beautiful Bill," which became law on July 4 and included the no-tax-on-tips provision.'FLIP FLOP': DEMOCRAT FIREFIGHTER IN TIGHT HOUSE RACE BLASTS POPULAR TRUMP POLICY HIS NATIONAL UNION SUPPORTSRep.
Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., conducts a news conference with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), during the House Democrats 2025 Issues Conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., on Thursday, March 13, 2025.Chair Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., left, Reps.
Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, and Darren Soto, D-Fla., also appear.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)But unlike most Democrats who have soundly condemned almost every facet of the tax and border security package, Vasquez’s call to further extend portions of the bill highlights his attempts to win over one of the most competitive districts in the country.To at least one Republican onlooker, it’s a thinly-veiled ploy to sway on a policy he ultimately tried to stop."Defund the police Gabe Vasquez wants to raise taxes, rip away benefits from workers, and make families’ lives harder.
New Mexicans want none of Vasquez’s radical agenda," Reilly Richardson, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.Responding to questions about his vote, Vasquez's campaign said he had opposed other measures included in the Big Beautiful Bill, such as reforms to Medicaid parameters that implemented an 80-hour work requirement for non-disabled adults ages 19-64 beginning in 2027."Vasquez would have happily voted for a permanent no tax on tips ...