{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/zinke-strips-public-lands-sales-votes-pass-big-beautiful-bill-delivers-tax", "Zinke Strips Public Lands Sales, Votes to Pass the Big Beautiful Bill: Delivers on Tax Relief, Border Security, and the Eliminating of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse", "2025-05-22", "2025", "2025-05", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Ryan K. Zinke", "Z000018", "zinke.house.gov", "zinke", "https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C.) Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke voted to pass the Big Beautiful Bill Act, landmark legislation that delivers sweeping reforms to restore fiscal sanity, cut taxes for hardworking Americans, secure our border, and safeguard entitlements for American citizens, without selling public lands. Read the full bill here.\n\n\u201cToday I voted to end tax on tips for Montana service workers, lower taxes on Social Security for Montana seniors, and deliver tax relief for ALL Montanans; all while making investments in our national security and safeguarding our public lands,\u201d said Congressman Zinke. \u201cThe Big Beautiful Bill is the bold, decisive action Montanans and Americans demanded. No more taxpayer giveaways to illegal immigrants. Just a return to putting America first. The Big Beautiful Bill delivers permanent tax relief with no tax on tips or overtime, lower taxes on Social Security, protections for entitlements from fraud, and doesn\u2019t sell out our public lands. For Montanans, that means more freedom, more security, and more money in your pocket, while protecting the things that matter most.\u201d\n\nWhat the Big Beautiful Bill Delivers:\n\nNo Sale of Public Lands\n\nCongressman Ryan Zinke was successful in stripping a provision selling more than 450,000 acres of public land from the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act\u201d.\n\nHistoric, Permanent Tax Relief\n\nCuts taxes for every American.\n\nEnds taxes on tips and overtime.\n\nCuts taxes on Social Security benefits, ensuring seniors keep more of what they earned.\n\nPuts an average of $5,000 back in the pockets of working families and saves the average Montanan $1,400 per year.\n\nDelivers 15%+ tax relief for middle-income earners ($30,000\u2013$80,000).\n\nStrengthening our Social Safety Net\n\nPreserves Medicaid and SNAP for those who truly need it.\n\nImplements 80-hour-per-month work requirements for able-bodied adults aged 19\u201364.\n\nRequires biannual eligibility checks to root out fraud.\n\nKicks 1.4 million illegal immigrants off entitlements.\n\nSecures the Southern Border with Proven Trump-Era Policies\n\nPermanently enacts the border security measures that work:\n\n700 miles of border wall\n\n900 miles of river barriers\n\n629 miles of secondary barriers\n\n141 miles of vehicle and pedestrian fencing\n\nFunds 18,000+ new frontline enforcement personnel, including:\n\n10,000 new ICE officers\n\n5,000 new Customs officers\n\n3,000 new Border Patrol agents\n\nEnds Wasteful Spending and Woke Mandates", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "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://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/zinke-strips-public-lands-sales-votes-pass-big-beautiful-bill-delivers-tax"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8340789936482906, "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"}