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| http://thornberry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398081 | House passes budget and tax bills | 2015-12-18 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Republican | House | TX | William Thornberry | T000238 | thornberry.house.gov | legacy | U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) voted this week in support of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 that passed the House by vote of 318-109 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 that passed by a vote of 316-113.There are a number of good and important provisions for the country and for our area in these bills, said Thornberry. While there are also a number of provisions that I support and have voted for that did not survive negotiations, many did. Some of the chief provisions include: Providing essential funding for our military; Repealing the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil; Limiting EPA funding to its lowest level since 2008; Repealing the Country-of Origin-Labeling (COOL) law that threatened to harm the beef and other livestock industries; Extending and then phasing out the wind production tax credit; Delaying implementation of several provisions and taxes associated with Obamacare; and Strengthening security of the Visa Waiver Program. The PATH bill also made permanent over 20 tax provisions that Congress has been extending one year at a time, making it difficult for businesses and individuals to plan. These permanent deductions include: State and local sales tax deduction, which is important in states like Texas that do not have a state income tax; Section 179 expensing for small businesses; The Research and Development Tax Credit; Charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory; and Many other tax provisions were extended for two or five years. Finally, attached to the measure is a cybersecurity bill, similar to that recommended by the Cyber Security Task Force, which Thornberry chaired in 2011 and 2012. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |