Rep.-elect Michelle Steel saw firsthand how crushing taxes hurt her mom's Los Angeles clothing shop, and she's determined to stand up for small businesses in Congress.
Steel got her start in politics in 2006 by successfully running for the California State Board of Equalization that hit her mother with an "unwarranted" tax bill years ago.
She prides herself as being a taxpayer advocate who worked to return security deposits owed to small businesses worth $400 million in that role.
Now, she's focused on repealing the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions -- part of President Trump's tax-cut bill in 2017 -- which has hit Californians hard.
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