{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://austinscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-austin-scott-statement-tax-reform-vote", "Rep. Austin Scott Statement on Tax Reform Vote", "2017-12-19", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Austin Scott", "S001189", "austinscott.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Today, Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) released the following statement upon the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:\nFor families across Georgia, todays legislation means more jobs, more take-home pay, and more money in their own pockets, said Rep. Scott. While I am very happy with the first major overhaul of our tax code in overthirty years, there is still a lot of work to be done getting our economy back on track, and I look forward to continuing to work with the Trump Administration and my colleagues in Congress to expand our economy, grow wages, and ease burdensome federal regulations.\nHighlights of the bill include:\n \nLowers individual tax rates for all Americans;\n\tSignificantly increases the standard deduction from $6,500 to $12,000 for individuals and from $13,000 to $24,000 for married couples;\n\tEliminates special-interest deductions;\n\tEliminates the Affordable Care Acts (ACA) individual mandate tax;\n\tEstablishes a new Family Credit, which includes expanding the Child Tax Credit from $1,000 to $2,000;\n\tPreserves the Earned Income Tax Credit and the home mortgage interest deduction for existing mortgages and maintains the home mortgage deduction for newly purchased homes up to $750,000;\n\tLowers the corporate rate to 21%, down from 35%; and,\n\tReduces the tax rate on small business to no more than 29.6%.\n \nClick here for policy highlights of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://austinscott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-austin-scott-statement-tax-reform-vote"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5348689630627632, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}