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Has Monica De La Cruz voted to lower taxes on working families and small businesses?

Matches stated direction. She voted twice for the 2025 reconciliation law, which extended the 2017 individual tax rates and the deduction many small businesses use.

Monica De La Cruz

Taxes: lower taxes for families and small businesses

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“Lower taxes on working families and small businesses”

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She voted Yea on passage of H.R. 1, the 2025 reconciliation act, on May 22, 2025 (215 to 214) and Aye on the final House vote on July 3, 2025 (218 to 214). It became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. The law extends the lower individual tax rates first enacted in 2017 (section 70101) and the deduction for qualified business income used by many small businesses (section 70105).

Limit: Her votes were on the whole act, which also changed spending, Medicaid and other programs. Who pays less, and how much, is not something a roll call shows.

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  1. Monica on the Issueshttps://monicaforcongress.us/issues/

    Monica for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The campaign's issue list: six headings (agriculture, border security and immigration, economy, energy, seniors, spending and national debt) with short bullet lines. Undated.

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  2. Roll Call 145 of 2025, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 190 of 2025, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 1, 119th Congress (the 2025 reconciliation act), Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passed the House May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145) and, as amended by the Senate, July 3, 2025 (Roll Call 190); signed July 4, 2025.

    official legislative record

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  5. Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted text. Section 70101 extends the reduced individual rates and section 70105 the deduction for qualified business income. Sections 50101 and 50102 require onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales. Section 90001 appropriates $46,550,000,000 for the border wall system, section 90002 money to hire Border Patrol agents and other CBP staff, and section 100054 money for hiring immigration judges. Section 72001 raises the debt limit by $5,000,000,000,000.

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