{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-cassidy-democrats-should-support-tax-cuts-for-middle-class-americans", "VIDEO: Cassidy: Democrats Should Support Tax Cuts for Middle-Class Americans", "2017-11-29", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Bill Cassidy", "C001075", "www.cassidy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.29.17\n\t\t\t VIDEO: Cassidy: Democrats Should Support Tax Cuts for Middle-Class Americans \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\nU.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Trish Regan on Fox Business today to discuss the Senate\u2019s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, legislation that would cut taxes for working families in Louisiana.\r\nKey excerpts of Cassidy\u2019s comments are transcribed below.\r\nREGAN: The president is in Missouri today. Senator [Claire] McCaskill [D-MO] is not expected necessarily to be in favor of this, is there any chance he may be able to twist her arm or any other Democrats for that matter?\r\nCASSIDY: I sure hope so. We double the standard deduction so for most Americans, like 78 percent now, they don\u2019t itemize, they take the standard deduction. So as we double that we actually increase the number who will have their tax cut and their filing simplified. Now that\u2019s good policy, and good policy is good politics, whether you\u2019re Republican or Democrat. I hope Senator McCaskill will vote for that.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 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://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-cassidy-democrats-should-support-tax-cuts-for-middle-class-americans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.732154119759798, "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"}