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John Thune: “We eliminated taxes on tips for millions of tip workers.”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families

Published December 3, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:54

And we added a new $6,000 bonus deduction for seniors, allowing Americans on Social Security to keep more of their money. And that's still not all, Mr. President. We eliminated taxes on tips for millions of tip workers. Uber and Lyft drivers, hairstylists, delivery drivers, servers at restaurants. We also eliminated taxes on overtime pay for millions of hourly workers. (01:54–01:58)

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“We added a new $6,000 bonus deduction for seniors.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 01:43-01:48
“We also eliminated taxes on overtime pay for millions of hourly workers.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 02:05-02:09
“The 2017 tax relief for Americans was set to expire at the end of this year.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 00:00-00:11
“Republicans passed a huge tax relief package [in 2017].”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 00:11-00:17
“We lowered tax rates for every income group [in 2017].”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 00:16-00:20
“We doubled the child tax credit [in 2017].”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 00:19-00:23
“We nearly doubled the standard deduction [in 2017].”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 00:19-00:26
“Without action, Americans would have seen their tax rates increase and the child tax credit shrink by 50%.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 00:30-00:37
“A typical family would have seen its taxes go up by about $1,700 a year.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 00:37-00:43
“My state of South Dakota, a typical family would have seen a $2,500 tax increase.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 00:43-00:49
“In July, we passed the working families tax cut to make permanent the 2017 tax relief.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 01:08-01:15
“We expanded the child tax credit even further and indexed it to inflation.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 01:28-01:34
“We made permanent some of the 2017 tax laws business tax relief.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 02:28-02:34
“We added full expensing for new factories and factory improvements.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 02:55-03:03
“We acted to protect countless family farms, ranches and small businesses from the punitive death tax.”
Thune: Republicans Delivered Tax Relief for Working Families | Uploaded December 3, 2025 | 03:12-03:22