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WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. Olympic medal winners will soon get a tax break. But not everyone thinks getting rid of the so-called victory tax is a good idea.
Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut calls the bill bad policy.
President Barack Obama is expected to sign the measure, which repeals a tax on cash prizes awarded to U.S. medal winners: $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze.
The bill sailed through the House and Senate, with Himes casting the lone dissenting vote. The four-term lawmaker called it a ''feel-good bill'' that unnecessarily complicates an already complex tax code.
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Himes said Congress has opened the door to similar tax breaks for Nobel Prize winners, astronauts or even inner-city teachers.
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