{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.speaker.gov/general/tax-cut-people-and-families-every-income-level", "A Tax Cut for People and Families At Every Income Level", "2017-12-13", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Paul Ryan", "R000570", "www.speaker.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, the House-Senate conference committee will hold a public meeting on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As we get close to the finish line, the need to pass this legislation is more urgent than ever.\nPeople and families are struggling. Many are living paycheck-to-paycheck. In any case, too much of Americans\u2019 hard-earned money is spent paying federal taxes. But if the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act becomes law, people will finally feel some relief.\nHow? Because this is a tax cut for the average family at every income level. This is a message worth repeating. It\u2019s rare that one piece of legislation\u2014the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act\u2014can impact so many people in such a positive way.\nHow does it work? This legislation cuts marginal tax rates at every income level and nearly doubles both the standard deduction and the Child Tax Credit. That means the effective rate\u2014the rate you pay the government\u2014will drop for normal families at all income levels.\nAnd the numbers back it up. The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation chief said, \u201cIn 2019, our projections . . . would say that\u00a0there is a tax benefit to all income categories as we measure them.\u201d\u00a0\nThe nonpartisan Tax Foundation agreed. \u201cOur results indicate a reduction in tax liability for every scenario we modeled.\u201d\nAs Speaker Ryan said yesterday, \u201cThis is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Not just to fix the broken tax code, not just to jumpstart the economy, but to truly restore hope, confidence, and opportunity in America. That\u2019s why we\u2019re here. That\u2019s what this is about.\u201d\nThat hope, confidence, and opportunity? That\u2019s what people will start to feel when they can keep more of their hard-earned money once the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the law of the land.\nWatch the meeting live at 2 p.m. and learn more at speaker.gov.", 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.speaker.gov/general/tax-cut-people-and-families-every-income-level"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1847132593393326, "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"}