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STRATEGYSEPTEMBER 24, 2013

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

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

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?

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

December Conference• Save the Date for the NMTC Coalition Policy

Conference, December 12th-13th in Washington, DC

Additional ResourcesFor materials, sample letters, and information, visit our Advocacy Toolkit at:• http://nmtccoalition.org/advocacy