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Membership Webinar Fall Legislative Strategy September 24, 2013. Two Showdowns Before Tax Reform. October 1 st : Showdown #1: New fiscal year, Congress must pass Continuing Resolution to fund government October 15 th : Showdown #2: Debt Ceiling Deadline - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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MEMBERSHIP WEBINARFALL LEGISLATIVE
STRATEGYSEPTEMBER 24, 2013
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Two Showdowns Before Tax Reform• October 1st: Showdown #1: New fiscal year,
Congress must pass Continuing Resolution to fund government
• October 15th: Showdown #2: Debt Ceiling Deadline
• Late October: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp expected to release House tax reform bill
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Showdown #1: FY14 Appropriations• Congress has not enacted any
of the FY 14 appropriations• House & Senate
disagreement over topline numbers, GOP inter-party disagreement over Obamacare
• Outlook: Congress to pass a two-month Continuing Resolution (CR)
• Final Omnibus Appropriations by the end of December
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Showdown #2: Debt Limit Fight
• The federal government reaches the Debt Limit by October 15th
• In exchange for debt limit increase, Republicans will ask for:
• Repeal of Obamacare & other conservative priorities, including approval of the Keystone Pipeline
• Commitment to tax reform
• Will debt limit debate generate “grand bargain” on budget that paves way for tax reform?
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After the dust settles:Tax Reform process next steps
• Camp likely to unveil his bill in the House after resolution of debt ceiling
• Camp’s proposal will cut individual and corporate rates to 25%
• Challenging math for supporters of tax incentives
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Tax Reform Math
Cost of Chairman Camp's proposal (lowering corporate and individual rates to 25%)
Total tax expenditures
$0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 $1,400 $1,600
$500 billion
$1.3 trillion
Annual cost to federal government (billions of dollars)
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Coalition’s Summer Strategy• Coalition made the case for NMTC to Ways and Means
Committee members, submitted comments, appeared on Congressional panels, and met with Joint Committee on Taxation
• Built bipartisan support in Senate for NMTC extension bill and submitted comments to Finance Committee
• 1,200+ signed NMTC support letter to Congress
• Worked with members to generate media in key local markets and beltway publications
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Fall Advocacy Plan:
• Generate letters to Chairman Camp from Governors in key states
• Gather support for House Sign-On Letter to Ways and Means• Letter led by Rep. Stivers (R-OH)• Members of the House who are *NOT* on the Ways
and Means Committee can sign the letter
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH)
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Fall Advocacy Plan:House Target List (GOP)
Name STHR 2655
Cosponsor
Signed Freshmen Letter in
2012
High Activity?
**Donald Young AK x xJeff Denham CA xKevin McCarthy CA xAnder Crenshaw FL x Jeff Miller FL xDennis Ross FL xTed Yoho FL xJack Kingston GA xTom Latham IA xJackie Walorski IN xBrett Guthrie KY x Hal Rogers KY xRodney Alexander LA x xBill Cassidy LA xSteve Scalise LA xAndy Harris MD xDan Benishek MI xMike Rogers MI xSteven Palazzo MS x xAlan Nunnelee MS xGregg Harper MS xPatrick McHenry NC xLee Terry NE xFrank LoBiondo NJ xJoe Heck NV x
Name STHR 2655
Cosponsor
Signed Freshmen Letter in
2012
High Activity?
**Richard Hanna NY x X xChris Gibson NY X xSteve Chabot OH x x xSteve Stivers OH x x Bill Johnson OH x x xBob Gibbs OH x x Michael Turner OH x Tom Cole OK x James Lankford OK xJim Bridenstine OK xMarkwayne Mullin OK xFrank Lucas OK xGreg Walden OR xPatrick Meehan PA x x Charles Dent PA x xJoseph Pitts PA xTrey Gowdy SC xChris Stewart UT xBob Goodlatte VA xJaime Herrera Beutler WA x Cathy McMorris-Rodgers WA xReid Ribble WI x xCynthia Lummis WY x
**More than $40 million in activity through 2011
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Fall Advocacy Plan:Senate Outreach• Build Republican support for Rockefeller/Blunt Bill S. 1133• Current cosponsors
• Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]• Cardin, Benjamin [D-MD]• Collins, Susan [R-ME]• Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
• Senate GOP Target List:Senator StateJohnny Isakson GAChuck Grassley IAMark Kirk ILDan Coats INPat Roberts KSThad Cochran MS
Senator StateRichard Burr NCJames Inhofe OKTim Scott SCLindsay Graham SCJohn Thune SDLamar Alexander TN
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Fall Advocacy Plan:Media Outreach• Media outreach to raise the profile of the NMTC
• Forbes article released on September 18th“If there’s a cure-all for bringing down-and-out communities out of the dumps shouldn’t it be a permanent part of the tax code?”
• Op-ed in the Idaho Statesman on September 23rd
• What you can do raise awareness:• Write an Op-Ed or Letter to the Editor for your local or state
newspaper• Share the message using social media
• @NMTCCoalition and facebook.com/nmtccoalition
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December Conference• Save the Date for the NMTC Coalition Policy
Conference, December 12th-13th in Washington, DC
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Additional ResourcesFor materials, sample letters, and information, visit our Advocacy Toolkit at:• http://nmtccoalition.org/advocacy