He’ll cut taxes.
Will cut taxes.
Occurrences
Evidence
Roll Call 699 was on H.R. 1, identified as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; the vote passed 224-201. The member list records Barr, Republican of Kentucky, as voting Yea.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 1 as Public Law 115-97 and summarizes it as amending the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates for individuals and businesses.
The actions page records House agreement to the Senate amendment on December 20, 2017, presentation to the President on December 21, and becoming Public Law 115-97 on December 22.
GovInfo identifies Public Law 115-97 as H.R. 1, approved December 22, 2017, with legislative history showing House concurrence on December 20.
The enacted text includes Section 11001, Modification of Rates, applying new individual tax-rate tables for tax years 2018 through 2025.
Section 13001 establishes a 21 percent corporate tax rate for taxable income, replacing the prior graduated corporate rate structure.
CBO and JCT reported that the agreement's distributional effects included increased deficits for higher-income tax filing units primarily from tax reductions.
Assessments
Barr materially supported a major federal tax-cut bill by voting yea on final House passage of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The bill became Public Law 115-97 on December 22, 2017 and reduced individual and corporate federal income tax rates, satisfying the broad promise to cut taxes. Because the evidence classifies enactment as occurring in a later term relative to the campaign context, timing is later_term.