{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/icymi-whip-emmer-releases-videos-highlighting-constituents-support-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill", "ICYMI: Whip Emmer releases videos highlighting constituents\u2019 support of the One Big Beautiful Bill", "2025-06-30", "2025", "2025-06", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Tom Emmer", "E000294", "emmer.house.gov", "emmer", "https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 In an exclusive with the Daily Caller, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) released five videos from everyday Minnesotans in the Sixth Congressional District highlighting Republicans\u2019 One Big Beautiful Bill and the impact it will have on them, their businesses, and their families.\n\nIn case you missed it...\n\nHere\u2019s What Voters In America\u2019s Heartland Think About Trump\u2019s \u2018Big, Beautiful Bill\u2019\n\nDaily Caller\n\nAdam Pack\n\nJune 30, 2025\n\nPresident Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping tax and immigration-focused bill is nearing final passage in Congress and some Americans are eagerly anticipating the economic benefits they stand to gain when the president signs the legislation.\n\nResidents of Minnesota\u2019s 6th congressional district are urging Congress to immediately pass Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful\u201d bill, according to several videos exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation from House Majority Whip Tom Emmer\u2019s office. The Minnesotans cited the legislation\u2019s tax relief provisions that are projected to put thousands of dollars back in their wallets, as their rationale for supporting the president\u2019s landmark bill.\n\nThe president\u2019s budget bill is currently under consideration in the Senate and could pass the upper chamber as early as Monday evening. The bill will then head to the House for its stamp of approval before Trump can sign the legislation into law. The president has demanded the bill be on his desk for signature by his self-imposed July 4 deadline.\n\nThe Senate\u2019s 940-page bill includes an array of tax provisions, including a permanent extension of the 2017 Trump tax cuts, which lowered individual income tax rates across the board.\n\nThe average family of four earning the median income would experience a $1,700 tax hike if the tax cuts are allowed to expire in December, according to the Senate Finance Committee.\n\nThe legislation also contains many provisions aiming to shield Americans from some taxation, including the elimination of no taxes on tips and overtime pay. It would also raise the child tax credit and a $1,000 savings account given to newborn babies.\n\nThe combined effects of these tax provisions are projected to result in at least $7,800 higher take-home pay for the average family with two children, according to a May White House Council of Economic Advisors report analyzing the initial House-passed bill.\n\n\u201cFrom families and small businesses to manufacturers and waitresses, everyday Americans are the real winners of the One Big Beautiful Bill,\u201d Emmer told the DCNF in a statement. \u201cThe time is now to get this bill across the finish line, on behalf of the hardworking people in Minnesota\u2019s Sixth District and beyond.\u201d\n\nNo Democrats are expected to vote for the legislation in the Senate nor when it is reconsidered in the lower chamber. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has previously referred to it as \u201cdisgusting\u201d and an \u201cabomination.\u201d\n\nHere are the main tax provisions in the bill that Minnesota residents highlighted.\n\n\u2018No Tax On Tips\u2019\n\nThe Senate\u2019s proposal incorporates a \u201cno tax on tips\u201d deduction of up to $25,000 per person and would allow individuals to claim the tax break from 2025 through 2028. The initial House-passed bill did not cap the amount individuals are allowed to deduct, but prohibited Americans making more than $160,000 per year from claiming the tax break.\n\nThe temporary elimination of taxes on tips notably delivers on a key of Trump\u2019s 2024 campaign to sign legislation into law providing tax relief to tipped workers.\n\nTens of millions of Americans employed in specific industries, including food service and hair and nail care, would see higher take-home pay as a result of this proposal. Jessica Taylor, Emmer\u2019s constituent who has worked in the service industry for more than 20 years, said she would use the additional income for everyday essentials and her daughter\u2019s hockey expenses.\n\nImage\n\n\u201cIt makes things a lot easier around the Taylor household,\u201d Taylor said in a video, referring to the new tax deduction. \u201cBeing able to keep all of my tips would make it a lot easier to afford these extra things that we might not be able to do otherwise.\u201d\n\nImage\n\nRyan, a small business owner in Emmer\u2019s district, said eliminating taxes on tips would put more money in the pockets of his food service employees \u2014 some of whom are living paycheck to paycheck.\n\n\u201cNot taxing the tips that come through could be a real game changer for them, and I know they\u2019re very excited about it,\u201d the Minnesota-based entrepreneur said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a big positive.\u201d\n\nDeduction On Overtime Pay\n\nThe Senate\u2019s budget bill would allow individuals to deduct up to $12,500 in overtime pay and $25,000 for married couples. Americans earning more than $160,000 per year would receive a less generous tax break. Individuals will be allowed to claim the temporary deduction between 2025 and 2028.\n\nThe new overtime pay deduction would benefit millions of Americans who receive hourly wages, including Will, a law enforcement officer in Emmer\u2019s district. The proposal would notably bar illegal immigrants from claiming the deduction by requiring filers to use a Social Security number.\n\nImage\n\n\u201cWill the way inflation\u2019s been, it\u2019s really hard to keep up on a law enforcement wage,\u201d Will said. \u201cIt\u2019d be probably the biggest bill financially to benefit law enforcement that I can think of in my career \u2026 so hopefully it gets done.\u201d\n\nChild Tax Credit Raise\n\nThe Senate\u2019s proposal would permanently increase the child tax credit, a tax break for Americans with children, from $2,000 to $2,200. Though the upper chamber\u2019s bill is $300 less than the $2,500 raise floated in the initial House proposal, the Senate plan ensures that families could receive the $2,200 credit through 2034. The House proposal would have sunsetted the $2,500 credit in 2028.\n\nThe provision would provide financial assistance to tens of millions of American families and bars illegal immigrants from receiving the tax break. Chip and Michelle, parents to five children, who live in Emmer\u2019s district, touted some tax provisions in the president\u2019s domestic policy bill.\n\nImage\n\n\u201cThe big, beautiful bill extends these tax cuts for the middle class, enables working families like ours to help our kids with the rising cost of education, and puts money back in our pocket to spend locally in our community,\u201d the couple said.\n\nThe Senate\u2019s proposal also maintains a $1,000 savings account for newborns born between 2025 and 2028, known as a \u201cTrump account.\u201d Families could contribute a maximum of $5,000 each year to the account until the beneficiary turns 31 years old.\n\nFull Expensing For R&D And Capital Expenditures\n\nThe Senate bill would also restore and permanently extend several business tax breaks, including full expensing for capital expenditures, such as machinery and equipment, and research and development activities. The provisions go further than the initial House draft, which would have made the tax breaks temporary.\n\nProponents argue that making the business tax break provisions permanent will spur domestic production and boost innovation even if it raises the price tag of the overall bill.\n\nImage\n\n\u201c[This] is huge to manufacturers across the country, Don, the CEO of a manufacturing company in Emmer\u2019s district, says in a video. \u201cJust those two provisions alone will help, I believe, ignite manufacturing not only in Minnesota \u2026 but across this entire country.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "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://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/icymi-whip-emmer-releases-videos-highlighting-constituents-support-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4191479422152042, "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"}