{"id":2271695,"date":"2024-06-19T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-gop-senator-floats-bill-to-end-taxed-tips-in-nod-to-trump-campaign-pledge\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:30:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:30:40","slug":"top-gop-senator-floats-bill-to-end-taxed-tips-in-nod-to-trump-campaign-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-gop-senator-floats-bill-to-end-taxed-tips-in-nod-to-trump-campaign-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Republican senator proposes legislation to eliminate taxes on tips, aligning with Trump&#8217;s campaign promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-gop-senator-floats-bill-to-end-taxed-tips-in-nod-to-trump-campaign-pledge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2271695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Steve Dainess (R-MT)\u200d is \u200bplanning to introduce legislation aimed at eliminating taxes\u200c on tipped wages, a policy originally \u200dpromised by \u2062former President Donald Trump. As a \u200dmember of Senate GOP\u2062 leadership and chair of the \u2062Republicans&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-outraise-democrats-across-the-board-in-january\/\" title=\"Republicans Outraise Democrats Across the Board in January\">campaign arm<\/a>, Daines is targeting this legislative move \u2062to attract\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">working-class voters<\/a>, especially in service-heavy states like Nevada. He\u200c praised Trump&#8217;s initiative as a reflection of the former president&#8217;s understanding of working-class challenges. This effort by Trump-aligned Senate Republicans was discussed on Fox Business\u2019s &#8220;Mornings with Maria,&#8221; highlighting it as a\u200c strategic appeal to these constituents. During Trump\u2019s recent\u2062 visit to Washington, D.C., Senate \u2064Republicans shared that the inspiration for this \u2062tax exemption\u2063 came from \u2064interactions with the public\u2063 during\u2062 his campaign events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-daines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Steve Daines\">Steve Daines<\/a> (R-MT), a member of Senate GOP leadership, wants to pass into law a campaign pledge by former President Donald Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3033774\/trump-promises-to-end-taxes-on-tip-wages-at-las-vegas-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Steve Daines\">eliminate taxes on tipped wages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Daines, who chairs the campaign arm of Senate Republicans, plans to unveil legislation in what would mark the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3033901\/one-big-problem-trump-has-making-tip-tax-promise-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"latest economic policy\">latest attempt<\/a> by Trump-aligned Republicans to appeal to working-class voters, particularly in service-oriented states like Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a stroke of genius by President Trump, and it shows the American people how in touch he is with the challenges of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-football-analogy-to-explain-democrats-election-cheating\/\" title=\"A Football Analogy to Explain Democrats' Election Cheating\">working class<\/a> in our great country,\u201d Daines said Wednesday on Fox Business\u2019s <em>Mornings with Maria<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans who met with Trump during his trip to Washington, D.C., last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3044545\/waitress-gave-trump-idea-exempt-tips-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>detailed how<\/a> the presumptive GOP nominee came about the idea from an unusual source: an unnamed waitress he recently encountered, according to Republican senators who recounted Trump\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump first rolled out the plan publicly during a Las Vegas rally this month.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe funniest thing he talked about, in my mind, was how he came up with the brilliant idea of exempting tips from being taxed with the income tax,\u201d Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) said. \u201cHe would like to tell you that was incredible research and policy discussion. But the secret is he got it from a waitress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Daines\u2019s forthcoming legislation is unlikely to gain traction in a Democratic-led Senate, it signals the policy priorities for Republicans next year if they regain the majority. Daines sits on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxation. Trump would be unable to implement the proposal without the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daines made the case that forgoing taxes on tips would offset inflation and spur economic growth by incentivizing more employment. His bill will not include spending offsets to account for any potential loss in tax revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you move the American people from being dependent on the federal government to being employed, that creates taxable revenue,\u201d Daines said. \u201cBy actually lowering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>taxes<\/a>, you get more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-waters-says-she-didnt-encourage-violence-as-trump-lawyer-plans-to-show-video\/\" title=\"Rep. Waters Says She Didn\u2019t Encourage Violence as Trump Lawyer Plans to Show Video\">people working<\/a>, and they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-unveils-monumental-snarky-message-for-us-citizens-who-want-the-border-closed\/\" title=\"Mexico sends bold message to US: Keep borders open!\">start paying taxes<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), a Senate GOP leader, aims to legislate former President Trump&#8217;s campaign promise to abolish taxes on tipped wages. As chair of the Senate Republicans&#8217; campaign arm, Daines is set to introduce a bill, continuing efforts by Trump-supporting Republicans to attract voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2271696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/daines-proposes-eliminating-taxes-on-tips.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/daines-proposes-eliminating-taxes-on-tips.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}