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By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – Local U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) is celebrating the House passage of what’s called Tax Reform 2.0, making lower federal tax rates permanent.
Davis says families “get to keep, on average, $2200 in their pocket. That’s the average amount that is going into family budgets rather than coming to Washington, D.C.”
On a conference call with reporters in the 13th District, Davis said we live in good economic times.
“It wasn’t too long ago projections of three percent growth were being ridiculed by those who opposed us. We had 4.2 percent GDP (growth) last quarter. Unemployment: 3.9 percent. We are at a time in our nation’s history that we have millions of jobs available and not enough workers!”
The bill’s future in the Senate is uncertain.
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