When House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his fellow California Republicans continue to push the Ryan-McConnell tax plan, they are working to raise taxes on middle class families in their own districts in order to give a multi-trillion dollar tax break to the wealthiest few in America.  The GOP repeal of state and local taxes would eliminate a critical deduction claimed by more than 6.1 million hard-working households in California, worth an average of more than $18,000.