On May 22nd, the Republican-controlled US House passed the Reconciliation Act.

Sources say the bill passed by a narrow vote of 215-214 with Iowa’s Third Congressional District Representative Zach Nunn voting in favor of the legislation. He tells Raccoon Valley Radio there are lots of areas that he likes about the bill including extending the child tax credit, establishing a $5,000 refundable tax credit for adoption, permanently installing a 23-percent tax deduction for small businesses, and working-class families getting an overall 23-percent tax cut. Another area that Nunn believes will be secured is Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which opponents of the bill say the legislation reduces access to Medicaid and SNAP and Nunn thinks that is “dis-information.”

“And it’s the most vulnerable Iowans, seniors, pregnant women, children, Iowans with disabilities get their benefits. But what we are going to do is we’re going to hold states accountable for their error rates and fraudsters who are stealing from this and taking money out of the system.”

As for farmers, Congressman Nunn claims the Reconciliation Act provides $60 billion for crop insurance and extends the federal tax credit for 45z for clean fuels out to 2031. He points out that there is also funding to help secure the southern border with Mexico. Those highlights include 10,000 more Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents, $1 million of annual spending for deportation and 100,000 detention beds, along with a $150 billion increase in defense spending. 

While the bill moves to the Senate for consideration, sources say there are plans to add amendments to it, but Nunn feels confident this bill will get through that chamber.

“The reality is, President Trump and the House have done the hard work of building up a solid foundation (and) of keeping it very focused. Remember, the House insisted that we do one ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ which was supported by the President. So we’re not carving these things up piecemeal, we have a pathway to get this done.”      

Congressman Nunn urges the Senate to not hold up the legislation and looks to July for it to be signed into law by President Donald Trump.