US EditionHouse GOP moves to block DC from stopping Trump tax cuts for tipped, overtime workers
House Republicans argue D.C.'s progressive council blocks tax cuts affecting tipped wages and businesses, risking harm to working-class residents, despite $600 million revenue loss concerns.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed legislation to block D.C. from decoupling from Trump tax cuts, amid warnings it could disrupt local filings.
- Last year, the D.C. Council decoupled the city from President Donald Trump's tax cuts to free up at least $600 million for spending through 2029, including expanding the child tax credit and Earned Income Tax Credit .
- Rep. Brandon Gill, Republican , pressed the bill on the House floor, while Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. Delegate, and D.C. officials warned it would disrupt tax filings.
- If enacted, the measure could prevent D.C. residents from claiming no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and the increased standard deduction, while Congress sets a rare precedent overturning a revenue-raising law for D.C.
- Several states, including Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maine, Colorado and Alabama, have decoupled from parts of the tax cuts, and the U.S. Senate is considering a GOP bill critics call "a reckless escalation with real and lasting consequences".
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House GOP moves to block DC from stopping Trump tax cuts for tipped, overtime workers
Republicans say D.C.’s progressive leadership is putting politics over paychecks after moving to block Trump tax cuts aimed at tipped workers, overtime earners and businesses.
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