{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-blue-dogs-push-house-gop-leaders-to-prioritize-fiscal-sustainability-not-tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy", "Golden, Blue Dogs push House GOP leaders to prioritize fiscal sustainability, not tax cuts for the wealthy", "2025-02-11", "2025", "2025-02", "Democrat", "House", "ME", "Jared F. Golden", "G000592", "golden.house.gov", "golden", "https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 With many provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) set to expire this year, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and the House Blue Dog Coalition are urging House GOP leaders to reject deficit funding, prioritize targeted tax benefits to working- and middle-class families, and let costly tax cuts for the wealthy expire.\n\nIn a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, the Blue Dogs advocated against a blanket extension of TCJA and pushed for robust, bipartisan, and common-sense negotiations ahead of the budget reconciliation process.\n\n\u201cWe spent more on interest payments than on education, veterans, and transportation combined,\u201d the Blue Dogs wrote. \u201cExtending the TCJA would add over $600 billion in additional debt-servicing costs over the next decade, adding to the already unsustainable fiscal situation.\u201d\n\nRecently, the Congressional Budget Office found that fully extending the TCJA would add $4.6 trillion to the federal deficit over ten years, after accounting for interest. The Treasury Department also found that a blanket extension would disproportionately benefit the top 0.1 percent of earners (those earning more than $3.5 million), saving them over $300,000 in tax bills every year, compared to the benefit for the average household of $2,000.\n\n\u201cInstead of adding to the national debt and exacerbating Congress\u2019 unsustainable budgeting issues while mostly helping the wealthiest people in the country, we believe that the expiration of the TCJA presents an opportunity to pursue a bipartisan, budget-neutral solution that supports everyday people,\u201d the Blue Dogs continued. \u201cThis can be achieved by a targeted extension of the TCJA tax benefits for the working and middle class\u2014Americans who need them the most. These tax cuts should be offset by a mix of spending cuts and increased revenue to make sure everyone pays their fair share.\u201d\n\nYou can read the full text of the letter HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T23:42:11Z"]], "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://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-blue-dogs-push-house-gop-leaders-to-prioritize-fiscal-sustainability-not-tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9686800185590982, "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"}