{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://noem.house.gov/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=CC08E147-F8C6-4B90-B652-1DAD3FD1D5F9", "SD Republicans show support for tax reform", "2017-11-02", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Kristi Noem", "N000184", "noem.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "In her initial statement, Noem attempted to isolate the ways she believes this plan would benefit everyday South Dakotans. Noem spoke of a woman she met in a grocery story who asked, \u201cWhen is it going to get better?\u201d Noem said the coupon-wielding shopper spoke of the economic peril she\u2019s faced, and the congresswoman said the woman\u2019s concerns have remained in her mind since.\r\nIt\u2019s this tax reform plan Noem said would benefit folks like the mother she met in Watertown.\r\n\u201cQuite honestly, we need to make our tax code better for families like hers,\u201d Noem said.\r\nThe tax reform package would also phase in the repeal of the estate tax, aiming for a full repeal in 2024, and preserve the 401(k) savings option. And as Republicans have promised throughout tax reform talks, the plan would simplify the tax code so a person could file their taxes on a form as small as a postcard.\r\nBut the plan isn\u2019t loved by all South Dakotans.\r\nThe corporate tax rate would drop drastically under the plan, from 35 percent to 20 percent, a benefit to the wealthy that didn\u2019t jive with the priorities of the South Dakota Democratic Party.\r\nSDDP Executive Director Sam Parkinson called the House Republican bill a \u201cmassive tax cut\u201d for the wealthy and big corporations, and said it would end up \u201cblowing a big hole in the deficit.\u201d\r\n\u201cWe urge Rep. Kristi Noem and Senators Thune and Rounds to vote against this awful plan, and work with Democrats to develop a tax plan that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and large corporations.\u201d\r\nOn Thursday, South Dakota\u2019s longest-tenured congressional delegate also offered input on the House Ways and Means Committee\u2019s reform framework.\r\n\r\nU.S. Sen. John Thune, a Republican like Noem, sees the reform effort as a means to \u201cfix\u201d a tax code that hasn\u2019t been altered for decades.\r\n\r\n\u201cThrough comprehensive tax reform, we will be able to provide Americans with more jobs, fairer taxes and bigger paychecks,\u201d Thune said in a written statement released Thursday. \u201c... I look forward to continuing to work with our colleagues in the House to deliver a final pro-growth tax reform package to President Trump\u2019s desk for his signature.\u201d\r\nAnd for U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, it\u2019s about time to overhaul the tax code. By cutting the corporate tax rate, Rounds said, average household income could rise $4,000 per year. If the bill makes it through the House, Rounds said the plan is a good starting point for a Senate response to the proposed legislation.\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re really happy to the fact that they\u2019re basically real close to being on time with it, and that allows us the opportunity to actually review it, make recommendations and come up with our modifications, and hopefully make it better than it is already,\u201d Rounds said.", 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": ["http://noem.house.gov/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=CC08E147-F8C6-4B90-B652-1DAD3FD1D5F9"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4344151131808758, "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"}