{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=D7E5CF07-73AD-4F57-90FF-5CA8AEAF8BE9", "Thune Appointed to Committee That Will Negotiate Final Tax Reform Bill", "2017-12-06", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tU.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, has been appointed to the conference committee that is tasked with negotiating a final tax reform bill after the House and Senate each passed their respective versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate passed its version on December 2, but a final bill must pass both chambers of Congress before it can be sent to the president for his signature. As one of eight Republican senators serving on the conference committee, Thune\u2019s selection ensures that South Dakota\u2019s interests will be represented at the negotiating table.\r\n\u201cThe House and Senate are on the same team, we\u2019re headed toward the same end zone, and we have the same goal in mind \u2013 putting a pro-growth tax reform bill that helps middle-income Americans on the president\u2019s desk as soon as possible,\u201d said Thune. \u201cBoth chambers have outlined our priorities, which include doubling the standard deduction, expanding the child tax credit, lowering tax rates for all taxpayers, particularly low- and middle-income Americans, and reforming our business tax code. Delivering on this promise that we made to the American people will lead to an environment that will foster greater economic growth and create additional opportunities for families to get ahead. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the House and Senate, and I am committed to ensuring that our final product delivers on the goals we\u2019ve set out to achieve.\u201d\r\nTo learn more about Thune\u2019s work on tax reform, please visit the tax reform section on www.thune.senate.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.thune.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=D7E5CF07-73AD-4F57-90FF-5CA8AEAF8BE9"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.6753749698400497, "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"}