Taxes on low- and middle-income families

How much low- and middle-income households pay in taxes, and which tax cuts, credits and exemptions reach them, such as the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit, and whether tips and overtime are taxed.

Cut taxes for working and middle-class families

2 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“Andy has always fought for tax cuts. In 2025, he voted for the largest tax cut in American history, the Big Beautiful Bill. The average Kentucky family with two kids saves $4,200 under the new tax law that Andy helped author, champion, and push through Congress.”
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Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“I worked with President Trump and my House Republican colleagues to ensure that we not only extended President Trump’s historic tax cuts, but found new areas to cut taxes for seniors, hardworking Americans, and families.”
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End income taxes on tips

2 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“Andy has always fought for tax cuts. In 2025, he voted for the largest tax cut in American history, the Big Beautiful Bill. The average Kentucky family with two kids saves $4,200 under the new tax law that Andy helped author, champion, and push through Congress.”
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“The Big Beautiful Bill ended taxes on Social Security for seniors, taxes on overtime for Kentucky workers, and tips for Kentucky’s great waiters and waitresses.”
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Julia Letlow
Senate · Louisiana · Republican
“Make the One Big Beautiful Bill’s no-tax-on-tips provision permanent”
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End income taxes on overtime pay

2 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“Andy has always fought for tax cuts. In 2025, he voted for the largest tax cut in American history, the Big Beautiful Bill. The average Kentucky family with two kids saves $4,200 under the new tax law that Andy helped author, champion, and push through Congress.”
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“The Big Beautiful Bill ended taxes on Social Security for seniors, taxes on overtime for Kentucky workers, and tips for Kentucky’s great waiters and waitresses.”
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Julia Letlow
Senate · Louisiana · Republican
“Make the One Big Beautiful Bill’s no-tax-on-overtime provision permanent”
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Cut taxes for seniors, including on Social Security benefits

2 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“Andy has always fought for tax cuts. In 2025, he voted for the largest tax cut in American history, the Big Beautiful Bill. The average Kentucky family with two kids saves $4,200 under the new tax law that Andy helped author, champion, and push through Congress.”
View on their website ↗
“The Big Beautiful Bill ended taxes on Social Security for seniors, taxes on overtime for Kentucky workers, and tips for Kentucky’s great waiters and waitresses.”
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Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“I worked with President Trump and my House Republican colleagues to ensure that we not only extended President Trump’s historic tax cuts, but found new areas to cut taxes for seniors, hardworking Americans, and families.”
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Expand the Child Tax Credit

1 member
Julia Letlow
Senate · Louisiana · Republican
“Expand and protect the Child Tax Credit for working families”
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Raised the issue without a specific call

1 member
Barry Moore
Senate · Alabama · Republican
“Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, working families and small business owners can count on a real tax cut.”
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