{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=E178DD90-7EF4-4533-991D-2338C099CD6D", "Graham: Tax Cuts Are A 'Christmas Present' For Working Families In South Carolina", "2017-12-02", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement welcoming Senate passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.\u00a0\r\n \r\nGRAHAM: \u201cI am very pleased that the United States Senate passed a desperately needed tax cut for working American families and for our business community.\u201d https://youtu.be/ttCwHo7FhCM\r\n \r\n \r\nGRAHAM: \u201cI believe by the end of this year\u2026 we\u2019re going to have a Christmas present for working families by lowering taxes.\u00a0 And we\u2019re going to make our business environment more competitive.\u201d https://youtu.be/ttCwHo7FhCM?t=39s\r\n \r\n \r\nGRAHAM: \u201cFrom a South Carolina point of view, the average working family is going to see a $2,300 tax cut. That\u2019s money to help raise your kids and do things you need to do with the family budget.\u201d https://youtu.be/ttCwHo7FhCM?t=20s\r\n \r\n \r\nGRAHAM: \u201cThis tax cut is going to help grow the economy. It\u2019s going to make a real difference to working families. I\u2019m proud to have been a part of it.\u201d https://youtu.be/ttCwHo7FhCM?t=31s \r\n \r\n\u00a0The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:\r\n \r\nDoubles the Standard Deduction: For an individual, the standard deduction goes from $6,350 to $12,000. For a married couple, it goes from $12,700 to $24,000.\r\n \r\n \r\nDoubles the Child Tax Credit: \u00a0The child tax credit is doubled from the current $1,000 to $2,000, and more parents are allowed to claim the credit.\r\n \r\n \r\nLowers Tax Rates: Individual tax rates for middle-income Americans are reduced, which will help taxpayers keep even more of their hard-earned money.\r\n \r\n \r\nRepeals Obamacare\u2019s Individual Mandate: Repealing this unpopular tax will help provide additional relief to low- and middle-income families.\r\n \r\n \r\nMakes American Business Competitive in the World Market:\u00a0 Makes permanent the 20 percent corporate tax rate as well as shifts in the structure of the international tax system, which will make American businesses more competitive and keep well-paying jobs here at home.\r\n \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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=E178DD90-7EF4-4533-991D-2338C099CD6D"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.971382949501276, "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"}