{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=864863b2-2bbb-409a-a9cf-eb9135b437e0", "Real People Harmed by Presidents Short-Sighted Politics on Tax Extenders", "2014-12-04", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Pat Roberts", "R000307", "www.roberts.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today said President Obama\u2019s actions in sabotaging a long term tax extenders package have harmed Kansans, including small business owners, teachers, farmers and ranchers who rely on the key, bipartisan tax provisions that were being negotiated by House and Senate leaders.\r\n\u201cThe leaders of the House and Senate tax writing committees negotiated a bi-partisan deal that would have provided certainty for businesses and taxpayers to plan for the next two years,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cPresident Obama\u2019s immigration grenade doomed the tax extenders deal. Negotiations unraveled, a veto threat was issued and bi-partisan compromises were killed. Because of President Obama\u2019s \u2018my way or the highway\u2019 approach to leadership, Congress is forced, once again, to cobble together a one year tax policy patch that no one wants. This hurts families, job creators, farmers and ranchers, teachers and everyone who needs to plan ahead to succeed.\u201d\r\nSenator Roberts, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction on taxes, had fought to secure the following provisions for Kansas families and businesses in the deal being negotiated:\r\n \r\ndeductions for teachers who purchase school supplies with their own money;\r\nhelp for homeowners who have defaulted on a mortgage or face financial hardship;\r\ndeductions for college tuition and expenses;\r\nspecial depreciation and expensing rules that are important to the agricultural and small business sectors;\r\nbipartisan language Roberts developed to modify the research and development tax credit so that it could be more easily used by smaller businesses \u2013 where the bulk of technological innovation occurs;\r\nand, long term extension of legislation Roberts pushed to make sure smaller businesses are able to access the capital they need to grow and hire new employees.\r\n \r\nClick here to watch Senator Roberts\u2019 remarks on the Senate floor.\r\nClick here for the full text of Senator Roberts\u2019 floor speech on the tax extenders proposal as prepared for delivery.\r\n-30-", 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.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=864863b2-2bbb-409a-a9cf-eb9135b437e0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.181028809398413, "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"}