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Did Tom Barrett vote for no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security?

Matches stated direction. He voted for the 2025 law, which lets workers deduct tips and the extra pay for overtime up to set limits through 2028 and gives seniors a $6,000 deduction, not a Social Security exemption.

Tom Barrett

Taxes: tips, overtime and seniors

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What they say

In the October 6 debate, Barrett said the working families tax cuts he helped pass put more money in people's pockets, with no taxes on tips or overtime and no taxes on Social Security for 90% of seniors.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 when the House passed it on May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145) and for the final version on July 3 (Roll Call 190). It became Public Law 119-21. Through 2028 it lets workers deduct up to $25,000 in tips and up to $12,500 of the extra pay they earn for overtime ($25,000 for joint filers), and gives people 65 and older a $6,000 deduction that shrinks above $75,000 of income ($150,000 for joint filers).

Limit: The tip and overtime breaks are capped deductions that end after 2028; for overtime, only the extra pay above the regular rate counts. The senior break is a deduction for people 65 and older, not an exemption for Social Security. His 90% figure was not checked.

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  1. WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on the working families tax cut, 6:15https://www.pbs.org/video/decision-2026-michigans-7th-congressional-district-debate-paftzd/

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

    6:15-6:28 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.

    candidate statement

    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 (2025), the reconciliation tax and spending billhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. Jodey Arrington. Became Public Law 119-21. Barrett calls its tax part the working families tax cut.

    official legislative record

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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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