I will work to make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax cuts permanent.

Brian J. Mast · Florida · Republican

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 90%

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Evidence

Congress.gov identifies H.R.6760 as a bill to make permanent several 2017 tax provisions scheduled to expire after 2025. It passed the House on September 28, 2018, but its latest action was referral to the Senate Finance Committee on October 1, 2018.

A 2018 House bill directly targeted the promise, but it did not become law.

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Congress.gov: H.R.6760 - Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018
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Roll Call 414 was on passage of H.R.6760, the Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018. The Clerk records Mast, Republican of Florida, voting Yea; the measure passed 220-191.

Mast voted for the 2018 House bill to make expiring TCJA provisions permanent, showing concrete effort even though the bill stalled in the Senate.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 414, H.R.6760
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Public Law 119-21 was enacted July 4, 2025. Its tax title includes Chapter 1, 'Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-Class Families and Workers,' including sections extending reduced rates, the increased standard deduction, child tax credit, qualified business income deduction, estate and gift tax exemption amounts, and AMT exemption amounts.

The enacted 2025 law made major expiring TCJA individual tax cuts permanent, satisfying the core policy outcome.

delivered later_term

GovInfo: Public Law 119-21
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1 as Public Law No. 119-21 and states the act became law on July 4, 2025. Its CRS summary says Title VII, Chapter 1 makes permanent multiple individual federal tax provisions enacted in 2017 by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including individual rates and standard deduction provisions.

Official bill status and summary confirm enactment and the TCJA permanence provisions.

delivered later_term

Congress.gov, H.R. 1, 119th Congress, Public Law 119-21
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Roll Call 190 was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Clerk records Mast, Republican of Florida, voting Aye; the motion passed 218-214.

Mast voted for the final House concurrence that sent the TCJA-permanence bill to the President, showing concrete action toward the delivered outcome.

delivered later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, 119th Congress
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Assessments

delivered later_term

The promised policy outcome was achieved when Public Law 119-21 was enacted on July 4, 2025, making permanent major individual tax provisions originally enacted in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Mast also took concrete federal legislative action toward the outcome, including voting for the final House concurrence on H.R.1 in 2025 and earlier voting for the 2018 House bill aimed at making TCJA provisions permanent. Because enactment occurred in a later congressional term than the original promise context, timing is later_term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%