James Lankford will work to protect jobs and keep taxes low.

James Lankford · Oklahoma · Republican

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Occurrences

Together, we can protect jobs, keep taxes low, and turn the tide on the leftist drift of our nation.

Lankford presented protecting jobs and keeping taxes low as goals supporters could achieve with him.

I Want to Hear from YOU! - James Lankford
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Evidence

Vote Result: Motion Agreed to; H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act); Lankford (R-OK), Yea.

Lankford voted yes on the Senate's final H.R. 1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act action, which passed 51-48.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 115th Congress, Vote 323, H.R. 1
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Latest Action: 12/22/2017 Became Public Law No: 115-97; the bill amends the IRC to reduce tax rates.

Congress.gov records the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act becoming law and describes it as reducing tax rates for individuals and businesses, supporting the low-tax portion of the promise.

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Congress.gov: H.R.1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 115th Congress
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Vote Result: Bill Passed; YEAs 96, NAYs 0; Lankford (R-OK), Yea.

Lankford voted yes on the CARES Act, which passed the Senate unanimously and included job-preservation relief during the COVID-19 economic shock.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 116th Congress, Vote 80, H.R. 748
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The division establishes the Paycheck Protection Program for employers who maintain payroll; the bill became Public Law No: 116-136.

Congress.gov describes the enacted CARES Act as creating PPP loans for employers maintaining payroll, directly supporting the job-protection part of the promise.

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Congress.gov: H.R.748 - CARES Act, 116th Congress
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Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James; this bill makes permanent the expensing of certain new business equipment.

Lankford introduced a tax bill to permanently allow immediate business expensing, a concrete low-tax and business-investment effort, but it was only introduced and referred to committee.

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Congress.gov: S.1117 - ALIGN Act, 118th Congress
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Assessments

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The promise was broad and action-oriented: to work to protect jobs and keep taxes low. In federal Senate context, Lankford voted for the enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, which reduced individual and business tax rates, and voted for the enacted CARES Act in 2020, which created the Paycheck Protection Program to help employers maintain payroll. These were enacted during his Senate service and directly match both the low-tax and job-protection components of the claim. His later introduced ALIGN Act shows continued effort but is not needed to establish delivery.

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delivered same_term

The promise was broad: to work to protect jobs and keep taxes low. Lankford supported and helped pass enacted measures matching both parts, including the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reducing individual and business tax rates and the 2020 CARES Act with PPP job-preservation relief. He also later sponsored a business-expensing tax bill, though that bill did not pass. Because enacted legislation substantively advanced the promised outcomes, this is best classified as delivered.

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