The Taxpayer Defender of the Month award highlights lawmakers who pair policy expertise with courage and common sense. Each month, we select one leader from across the country who demonstrates a clear, consistent commitment to limiting taxes, spending, and regulation at every level of government.
November 2025

October 2025

September 2025

August 2025

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
July 2025

June 2025


Anyone can nominate a Taxpayer Defender of the Month.
NTU is the only free-market organization for taxpayers that unites effective advocacy with useful research about how to limit taxes, spending, and regulation at every level and branch of government—state, federal, administrative, and judicial.