While Harris also supported eliminating taxes on tips, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada) was the only other Democrat to join Rosen in co-sponsoring Cruz’s bill. Culinary Workers Union Local 226, Nevada’s largest union, also endorsed the proposal.
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But Rosen knew that Nevada, with the lowest percentage of college graduates of any battleground state, would embrace a proposal that appealed to its working-class image.
“We’re always trying to find ways to put more money back into people’s pockets,” the onetime culinary union member said.