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Does the 2025 tax law Tom Barrett voted for mention data centers?

Matches stated record claim. The final 2025 tax law never says "data center", but the House bill he voted for in May did, in a rural opportunity zone rule the law kept; general business breaks apply to data centers too.

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Data centers: the 2025 tax law's wording

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In the October 6 debate, Barrett said the words "data center" were not even in the working families tax cut that Congress passed.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 in May 2025 (Roll Call 145) and for the final version, which became Public Law 119-21 in July 2025 (Roll Call 190). The law's text does not contain the words "data center". The House version he voted for in May did: a rural opportunity zone rule was headed "including for data centers". The final law kept that rule but dropped those words.

Limit: True of the final law. The House version he voted for in May 2025 named data centers in a rural opportunity zone rule; the law kept the rule without those words. Its general business breaks, such as full write-offs of equipment, are open to data centers too.

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  1. WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on data centers and the tax law, 24:59https://www.pbs.org/video/decision-2026-michigans-7th-congressional-district-debate-paftzd/

    WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    24:59-25:04 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.

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    Decision 2026: Michigan's 7th Congressional District Debate

    WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    WKAR's video of the October 6 debate, made with WILX News 10 and FOX 47. Its English caption file is the transcript used for every statement and time from this debate. Only one English transcript was read, so statements are described, not quoted.

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  2. Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, House passage of H.R. 1. Barrett voted Yea.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on motion to concur in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, the final House vote on H.R. 1. Barrett voted Aye.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 1 as passed by the House, May 22, 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1eh/html/BILLS-119hr1eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The House-passed text. Its opportunity zone section heads a rural rule 'including for data centers'.

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  5. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The enacted text, read in full. Sections 70201 and 70202 create the tip and overtime deductions, which end after 2028; a temporary $6,000 deduction applies for people 65 and older. Section 70301 makes full expensing permanent. The Medicaid title limits federal payment by immigration status from October 1, 2026, caps the federal share of emergency care for people without lawful status (section 71110), requires six-month eligibility checks for expansion adults (section 71107) and sets a monthly rule of 80 hours of work, service or a work program, or half-time school. The words "data center" appear nowhere in it.

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