BIPARTISAN DEAL: Senate Democrats Join Republicans To Approve Major Trump Campaign Promise

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From Daily Caller: The Senate passed bipartisan legislation to eliminate tax on tips through unanimous consent in a surprise move Tuesday afternoon.

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s No Taxes On Tips Act would exempt tips from taxation under the federal income tax. The legislation’s passage delivers on a central pledge of President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign to provide tax relief to tipped workers.

Democratic Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, a cosponsor of the legislation, went to the Senate floor Tuesday to ask for unanimous consent to pass the bill. No senators from either party objected to Rosen’s request.

Cruz introduced the bill in January, joined by a bipartisan group of co-sponsors, two Nevada Democratic senators, Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto.

NBC News reports:

Rosen brought the bill up in the Senate for a “unanimous consent” request Tuesday, which means any senator can block it. The process is typically used for more mundane matters, and bills are routinely called up and thwarted by objections. Consequential tax bills usually follow a more complex process. But none of the 99 other senators objected to Rosen’s proposition, which led to the legislation’s passing.

“Nevada has more tipped workers per capita than any other state. So this bill would mean immediate financial relief for countless hard-working families,” Rosen said. “No Tax on Tips was one of President Trump’s key promises to the American people, which he unveiled in my state of Nevada. And I am not afraid to embrace a good idea, wherever it comes from.”“No tax and tips was one of President Trump’s key promises to the American people, which he unveiled in my State of Nevada,” Rosen said Tuesday. “And I am not afraid to embrace a good idea wherever it comes from.”

“Whether it passes free-standing or as part of the bigger bill, one way or another, No Tax on Tips is going to become law and give real relief to hard-working Americans,” Cruz said regarding the legislation. “So I’m proud of what the Senate just did, and I commend Democrats and Republicans, even at a time of partisan division, coming together and agreeing on this commonsense policy.”

On Tuesday, another bipartisan bill was signed into law. President Donald Trump was joined  his wife, Melania, as he signed the Take It Down Act

The first lady lobbied House members to get the bill, which was also sponsored by Cruz and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to pass through Congress.

PBS News reports:

The bill makes it a federal crime to “knowingly publish” or threaten to publish intimate images without a person’s consent, including AI-created “deepfakes.” Websites and social media companies will be required to remove such material within 48 hours after a victim requests it. The platforms must also take steps to delete duplicate content.

Many states have already banned the dissemination of sexually explicit deepfakes or revenge porn, but the Take It Down Act is a rare example of federal regulators imposing on internet companies.

The bill had overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress. It passed the House in April with a 409-2 vote, and cleared the Senate by unanimous consent.


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