Senate Republicans made the case  for the Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC) in a cross-country trip, as Americans brace for tax season.

“As Americans file their taxes, they’re seeing lower tax bills and significantly bigger refunds,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) said ahead of Tax Day. “And because Republicans delivered permanent tax relief, working people can count on having more breathing room in their budgets in the years to come, enabling them to spend, invest, and save more of their money with confidence for the future.”

The WFTC was passed on a partisan basis, and Thune added that Americans will receive tax refunds because of “Republicans’ landmark bill.”

Republicans are hoping to ride the WFTC’s successes into November, by highlighting the $3,462 average tax refund this year through April 3, which is around an 11 percent increase compared to the same period last year. 

Among the WFTC’s provisions are no taxes on tips (approximately 50 percent of tax returns filed so far in 2026 have claimed deductions for tipped income), overtime earnings, seniors, or auto loan interest.

Twenty-one Republican senators have done over 50 events around the country touting these provisions, according to a Washington Reporter tally, including Sen. Roger Marshall (R., Kansas) with ten, Sen. Pete Ricketts (R., Neb.) with eight, Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) with six, and Sens. John Barrasso (R., Wyo.), John Boozman (R., Ark.), Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.), Katie Britt (R., Ala.), Bill Cassidy (R., La.), Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.), Deb Fischer (R., Neb.), Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), Jon Husted (R., Ohio), Jim Justice (R., W.Va.), James Lankford (R., Okla.), Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.), Dave McCormick (R., Pa.), Ashley Moody (R., Fla.), Rick Scott (R., Fla.), Thune, Dan Sullivan (R., Alaska), and Roger Wicker (R., Miss.) following suit.

In the first half of April alone, Sens. Ricketts, Boozman, Grassley, Wicker, Cornyn, Husted, and more have done 19 events, including visits to factories, small businesses, community colleges, hospitals, and police stations. Grassley, for example, focused heavily on the Rural Health Transformation Program during his statewide visits, as did Ricketts and Husted.

A complementary X account, @TaxCuts, launched in conjunction with the nationwide Senate GOP push.