If President Obama’s “middle-class economics” mantra for the 2015 State of the Union sounds familiar, perhaps that’s because his liberal allies were pushing the same message three years ago.

The Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank with close ties to the White House, was using the line after President Obama’s reelection in order to argue for tax increases on the wealthy.

“That’s what a government grounded in middle-class economics must do, and why the fiscal showdown presents such an important opportunity,” CAP’s Neera Tanden wrote at Reuters. “A year ago in Osawatomie, the president made his case for the middle class. Last month, the American people responded by reelecting him. We are still waiting for congressional Republicans to get the message.”

That last bit from Tanden is a bit unfortunate for Obama, given that he is adopting her line after congressional Republicans won resounding victories in the 2014 midterms. Nevertheless, Obama is calling for more tax increases.

Tanden has helped with Obama’s writing before. In 2013, she told HBO that she “helped write” Obamacare. And John Podesta, CAP’s founder, spent the last year working in the White House. He is expected to join Hillary Clinton’s campaign.