{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lahood.house.gov/2025/5/lahood-votes-to-deliver-on-republicans-promises-to-the-american-people", "LaHood Votes to Deliver on Republicans\u2019 Promises to the American People", "2025-05-22", "2025", "2025-05", "Republican", "House", "IL", "Darin LaHood", "L000585", "lahood.house.gov", "lahood", "https://lahood.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) voted in support of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, that will deliver on the promises House Republicans made to the American people.\n\n\u201cToday, House Republicans voted to prevent the largest tax increase in American history,\u201d said Rep. LaHood. \u201cThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a bold, comprehensive piece of legislation that will create a stronger and more prosperous future for all Americans. This bill will bring predictability and certainty by providing much-needed tax relief for Americans, small businesses, farmers, veterans, and seniors. By lowering the tax burden on families and businesses, we are creating an economic environment where they can thrive. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a transformative approach that will not only strengthen our economy and support our families, but it will also secure our border, bolster our military, and make our government programs more efficient. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to move quickly and pass this bill.\u201d\n\nRep. LaHood\u2019s Priorities Included in the Legislation:\n\nExpanding and improving the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit\n\nThis bill would renew the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, expand the reimbursement rate, increase the number of projects that can be built using private activity bonds, and accelerate the construction of much-needed low-income housing development in rural communities. These provisions were originally included as part of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, which Rep. LaHood introduced with over 100 bipartisan cosponsors in April 2025.\n\nSince he was elected to Congress, Rep. LaHood has been a strong advocate for addressing the shortage of affordable housing for the growing workforce throughout Illinois\u2019 16th Congressional District and across the country. Read the press release on his bill HERE.\n\nSupporting farmers and the biofuels industry\n\nRural communities across the Midwest have seen the benefits of the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit through new job opportunities and increased markets. The bill extends this key tax credit through 2031, supporting broader industry growth and directly supporting farmers and the biofuels economy in Illinois\u2019 16th District.\n\nImproving access to health savings\n\nWays and Means Republicans are committed to lowering the cost of healthcare for hardworking Americans and senior citizens. Rep. LaHood\u2019s Health Savings for Families Act was included in this legislation, giving American families increased choice to save and afford healthcare costs through a Health Savings Account and making these accounts more accessible.\n\nTax fairness and relief for employees in the beauty and salon industry\n\nRep. LaHood has long championed creating parity and extending the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) tip tax to salon and beauty service establishments and their employees. In April 2025, Rep. LaHood introduced the Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act to level the playing field for beauty salons whose employees rely on tips for a large portion of their income, similar to the law already applied to the restaurant industry.\n\nThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes this legislation and will provide immediate tax relief to these small businesses and their employees. Read his press release HERE.\n\nKey Pieces of Tax Legislation:\n\nMakes President Trump\u2019s historic tax cuts permanent;\n\nDelivers on President Trump\u2019s priorities of no tax on tips, overtime pay, and car loan interest, and provides additional tax relief for seniors;\n\nBoosts the doubled Child Tax Credit for more than 40 million families;\n\nSupports working families by expanding access to childcare and making permanent the paid leave tax credit;\n\nExpands and makes permanent the 199A small business deduction to 23%, creating over one million new Main Street small businesses and generating $750 billion in economic growth;\n\nMakes permanent and increases the doubled Death Tax Exemption for family-owned farms;\n\nGenerates $284 billion in new economic growth from American manufacturers; and\n\nSecures six million jobs for American workers.\n\nOther Key Pieces of Legislation:\n\nKeeps the southern border secure\n\nMakes the largest investment in border security in American history;\n\nProvides resources to finish the border wall; and\n\nGives our border patrol agents and immigration enforcement agencies the resources they need to detain and deport illegal aliens.\n\nPromotes government efficiency and efficacy\n\nReduces the size and scope of government;\n\nRoots out waste, fraud, and abuse;\n\nBrings bloated and inefficient programs back to their original intent; and\n\nPuts the United States on a sound fiscal trajectory.\n\nBolsters our national security\n\nProvides the military with the resources it needs to counter our foreign adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "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://lahood.house.gov/2025/5/lahood-votes-to-deliver-on-republicans-promises-to-the-american-people"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8972000107169151, "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"}