{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=98BDBA81-7D4D-4A8D-9B23-92FFFABA0CDD", "Senate Passes Historic Tax Relief Bill with Hellers Support", "2017-12-02", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "NV", "Dean Heller", "H001041", "www.heller.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV), a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, today applauded the U.S. Senate\u2019s passage of the\u00a0Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, legislation that will deliver tax relief to hardworking Nevadans,\u00a0boost middle class income by nearly $2,500, and\u00a0add more than 8,300 jobs in Nevada. According to the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation,\u00a0every income category of Nevada\u2019s roughly 1.4 million individual tax return filers will receive a tax cut.\u00a0\r\nIn Nevada,\u00a0median household income is $7,000 lower today than it was 10 years ago\u00a0and\u00a0Nevadans are more likely to be living paycheck to paycheck than families living in nearly every other state. At the same time, childcare expenses have skyrocketed,\u00a0averaging nearly $10,000 a year for an infant in Nevada. This is why an enhanced child tax credit is so important to helping families begin to confront the rising costs of raising their children,\u00a0which is now more than $230,000.\r\n\u201cThe U.S. Senate today passed sweeping legislation that will give hardworking Nevadans and Americans throughout the country the break that they deserve,\u201d\u00a0said Heller.\u00a0\u201cWhether it\u2019s the single mother from Gardnerville who doesn\u2019t receive child support and works full-time,\u00a0or the police officer and teacher with two kids living in Las Vegas who say they\u2019re doing the very best that they can to get by, I continue to hear that families in my state are struggling to cover their expenses. That\u2019s why I have been fighting to keep the Senate at work until we pass tax cuts that allow hardworking Americans to keep more of their paychecks, and why I\u2019m proud that my provision to double the child tax credit from current law was included in the final product.\u201d\r\nHeller along with Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) secured a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that would\u00a0increase the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000, or double it from current law.\u00a0\u00a0\r\nHeller added,\u00a0\u201cThink about this: doubling the child tax credit could mean enough money for a family of four to cover\u00a0more than three months\u2019 worth of groceries\u00a0or purchase\u00a0more than 9,000 diapers. The benefits of an enhanced child tax credit, however, extend beyond freeing up money for families to spend on day-to-day costs, it also allows them to better plan for their futures. For example, Sarah, a single mom living in Nevada, said that she used her child tax credit to help her and her four children move out of a family shelter and pay rent for a year in advance.\u201d\r\nThe Senate bill also includes Heller\u2019s provision to make it easier for startups and businesses\u00a0to give employees an ownership stake in their company\u2019s success.\u00a0The Senate bill nearly doubles the standard deduction to $12,000 for an individual and $24,000 for a couple filing jointly. Now more than 90 percent of Nevadans will not have to itemize their deductions, which will save these taxpayers significant time and energy when it comes time to filing their taxes and they will also see significant savings in their tax liability. Additionally, the legislation increases the deduction of expenses for teachers in Nevada by 100 percent and preserves the medical expense deduction, the mortgage interest deduction, and the treatment of student loan interest or tuition forgiveness.\r\n\u201cMy dad was an auto mechanic and my mom was a school cook, and they told us that if we work hard and play by the rules, then we too can achieve the American dream. But many Americans think that isn\u2019t possible anymore. This is a piece of legislation that will empower American families and help restore faith in the American dream by giving tax cuts to the middle class, creating jobs, and growing our economy. And I\u2019m proud to have played a role in getting it passed,\u201d\u00a0said Heller.\u00a0\r\nBackground on the Senate\u2019s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:\r\n \r\nAdds more than 8,300 jobs in Nevada and boosts middle class income by nearly $2,500.\r\nNearly doubles the standard deduction to $12,000 for an individual and $24,000 for a couple filing jointly.\r\nHeller provision: Doubles the child tax credit from current law.\r\nIncreases the deduction of expenses for teachers in Nevada by 100 percent.\r\nHeller provision: Makes it easier for employers to give employees an ownership stake in their company\u2019s success.\r\nPreserves the medical expense deduction.\r\nPreserves the mortgage interest deduction\r\nPreserves the treatment of student loan interest or tuition forgiveness.\r\n \r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n###", 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.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=98BDBA81-7D4D-4A8D-9B23-92FFFABA0CDD"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.5518571492284536, "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"}