Together, we can protect jobs, keep taxes low, and turn the tide on the leftist drift of our nation.
James Lankford will work to protect jobs and keep taxes low.
Occurrences
Lower taxes, lower spending, simplified tax system
Evidence
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Vote Result: Motion Agreed to; H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act); Lankford (R-OK), Yea.
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Latest Action: 12/22/2017 Became Public Law No: 115-97; the bill amends the IRC to reduce tax rates.
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Vote Result: Bill Passed; YEAs 96, NAYs 0; Lankford (R-OK), Yea.
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The division establishes the Paycheck Protection Program for employers who maintain payroll; the bill became Public Law No: 116-136.
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Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James; this bill makes permanent the expensing of certain new business equipment.
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The Senate roll call records H.R. 1, as amended, as passed on July 1, 2025, with Vice President's yea breaking a 50-50 vote; the vote list records Lankford (R-OK) as Yea.
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Public Law 119-21 was enacted July 4, 2025. Title VII includes 'Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-Class Families and Workers,' section 70101 extending and enhancing reduced rates, and 'Establishing Certainty and Competitiveness for American Job Creators,' including full expensing for certain business property made permanent and 100 percent expensing.
Assessments
Lankford took direct Senate action in office to support both parts of the promise. He voted for H.R. 1 in 2025, which became Public Law 119-21 and included permanent tax relief, reduced rates, full expensing, and business investment provisions tied to job creation. Earlier votes for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and CARES Act further support a consistent record on keeping taxes low and protecting jobs. Because the 2025 enactment occurred while he was serving the relevant federal Senate term and he voted for passage, the promise is best treated as delivered in the same term.
Lankford materially supported enacted federal measures that fit both parts of the promise: he voted for the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which reduced tax rates, and for the 2020 CARES Act, which created payroll-support relief to help preserve jobs. He also later sponsored a bill to make business expensing permanent, reinforcing the low-tax / pro-investment side of the pledge. Because the core outcomes were achieved while he was in office, this is best judged as delivered in the same term.
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.
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.