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

5 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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John Cowan
House · GA-11 · Republican
“Get real results on affordability by delivering meaningful tax relief for families and small businesses, investing in American workers, and strengthening domestic industries — not selling our future to foreign adversaries.”
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Sydney Gruters
House · FL-16 · Republican
“Sydney is ready to cut taxes and fight rising costs so working families can afford gas, groceries, and everyday essentials.”
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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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Paul LePage
House · ME-2 · Republican
“Created and implemented the largest tax cut in Maine history to put more money in working people’s pockets and eliminate income taxes for the working poor.”
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End income taxes on tips

3 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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Johnny Garrett
House · TN-6 · Republican
“We shouldn’t tax social security, tips or overtime.”
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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

3 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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Johnny Garrett
House · TN-6 · Republican
“We shouldn’t tax social security, tips or overtime.”
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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

3 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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Johnny Garrett
House · TN-6 · Republican
“We shouldn’t tax social security, tips or overtime.”
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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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Eliminate income taxes for lower-income working families

1 member
Paul LePage
House · ME-2 · Republican
“Created and implemented the largest tax cut in Maine history to put more money in working people’s pockets and eliminate income taxes for the working poor.”
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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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