EAST PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria area Congressman says President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will lead to ”the best economy of my lifetime.
16th District Republican Congressman Darin LaHood of Dunlap spoke about the bill in East Peoria on Thursday, after it passed by one vote in the House earlier in the morning.
LaHood says issues with SALT, Medicaid, and tax credits were solved in the final moments before the bill’s passage in the House. It now moves to the Senate, where he says the House worked with that chamber on most of the bill and expects it to pass there as well.
LaHood says without the passage of the bill, around $4.5 trillion in taxes would have gone in place. He says reforms in the bill include areas such as energy production, environmental reform, as well as some of the executive orders from President Trump regarding the southern border.
Some of the taxes LaHood says were cut or eliminated include taxes on tips, overtime, Social Security, and car loans.
“These are provisions that help working people that President Trump wanted to prioritize, and I think are important,” LaHood said. “So when people say ‘oh these are benefits for the rich,’ that’s in fact not true. It benefits working people throughout my district.”
LaHood says he would have liked to see more support for energy production tax credits, citing electric vehicle maker Rivian and nuclear plant sites in his district.
LaHood says safety nets for Medicaid continue in the bill, to keep the “backbone and structure” of who needs it on it.
“Really a social safety net for people with disabilities, senior citizens, single moms, people that cannot afford to have a birth that need Medicaid, that’s still going to be in this bill, we protect that,” LaHood said.
LaHood says there’s provisions in the bill to move people who can work off of Medicaid.
Neighboring 17th District Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen of Moline says he voted no on the bill. He claims the bill takes away Medicaid ”so the rich can get a big break on their taxes.”
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