Work to end burdensome tax policies that harm family farms.

I will work to put an end to burdensome tax policies that harm our family farms.

Promise to oppose tax policies hurting farms.

Ron Estes for Congress
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We are also securing the future of the family farm by making the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts permanent. This vital step prevents the "Death Tax" from forcing families to sell their land and secures a permanent 20% Small Business Deduction for the vast majority of our farms.

Claims he is securing family farms by making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent and preserving farm-related tax benefits.

Representative Ron Estes
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The page says the Working Families Tax Cuts are now law and lists that the law "makes permanent and increases the doubled Death Tax Exemption for more than 2 million family-owned farms." It also says Rep. Estes was instrumental in authoring and shaping the tax policy in the bill.

Estes backed and helped enact tax legislation that permanently expands the estate-tax exemption for family-owned farms, which is directly responsive to the promise to end burdensome tax policies harming family farms.

delivered same_term A for effort

The Working Families Tax Cuts | U.S. Representative Ron Estes
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The campaign issues page says Estes grew up on a family farm, would fight intrusive regulation, support trade for Kansas farmers, and "work to put an end to burdensome tax policies that harm our family farms."

Official campaign source establishes the promise and its farm-tax context.

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Ron Estes for Congress
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The Clerk records Roll Call 699 on December 20, 2017, for H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as passed 224-201. The all-votes table lists "Estes (KS) Republican Kansas KS Yea."

Estes voted for final House passage of the 2017 tax law during his first federal term, showing concrete action toward the tax-policy promise.

delivered same_term A for effort

Roll Call 699 | Bill Number: H. R. 1 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Public Law 115-97 is dated December 22, 2017. Section 11061, "Increase in estate and gift tax exemption," amended section 2010(c)(3) so estates and gifts after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026 used "$10,000,000" instead of "$5,000,000."

The 2017 enacted tax law doubled the estate and gift tax exemption, a direct reduction in a tax burden commonly identified by farm advocates as affecting family farm succession.

delivered same_term

Public Law 115-97, 115th Congress, GovInfo
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The Clerk records Roll Call 190 on July 3, 2025, on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; status passed 218-214. The vote table lists "Estes Republican Kansas KS Aye."

Estes again voted for final House passage of the 2025 tax package that extended and expanded farm-relevant tax provisions.

delivered later_term A for effort

House Clerk Roll Call 190, H.R. 1 Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment
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Public Law 119-21 is dated July 4, 2025. Section 70106, "Extension and enhancement of increased estate and gift tax exemption amounts," amended section 2010(c)(3) by replacing "$5,000,000" with "$15,000,000" and applied after December 31, 2025.

The 2025 enacted law made a larger estate and gift tax exemption effective after 2025, strengthening the prior estate-tax relief relevant to family farms.

delivered later_term

Public Law 119-21, 119th Congress, GovInfo
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Public Law 119-21 includes Section 70435, excluding 25 percent of interest received by qualified lenders on qualified real estate loans secured by rural or agricultural real estate, and Section 70437, allowing installment payment of tax on gain from sale of qualified farmland property to qualified farmers.

Beyond estate-tax relief, the 2025 law enacted additional farm-specific tax provisions for agricultural real estate lending and farmland sales.

delivered later_term

Public Law 119-21, 119th Congress, GovInfo
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Estes' official House page says the 2025 tax legislation is now law, says he was instrumental in authoring and shaping the tax policy as a Ways and Means member, and lists that it "makes permanent and increases the doubled Death Tax Exemption for more than 2 million family-owned farms."

Estes' office ties his role in shaping the enacted tax package to a farm-specific estate-tax provision, supporting both delivery and candidate effort.

delivered later_term A for effort

The Working Families Tax Cuts | U.S. Representative Ron Estes
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Estes' official House committee page says he serves on the Committee on Ways and Means and the Subcommittee on Tax.

This confirms Estes held a tax-writing committee role relevant to shaping federal tax policy, though it does not by itself prove enactment.

partial unknown A for effort

Committees | U.S. Representative Ron Estes
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