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3 Percent Repeal Bills Continue to Attract House and Senate Cosponsors

The House cosponsor number has grown from 36 during the week of the AGC convention to 116 this week.  The most recent additions to the House cosponsor list are the following members: Rep Stutzman, Marlin A. [IN-3] - 5/10/2011 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 5/10/2011 Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 5/10/2011 Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 5/10/2011 Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 5/10/2011 Rep Johnson, Bill [OH-6] - 5/12/2011 Rep Walsh, Joe [IL-8] - 5/12/2011 Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 5/12/2011 Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 5/12/2011 Rep Gibson, Christopher P. [NY-20] - 5/12/2011 Rep Gardner, Cory [CO-4] - 5/12/2011 Rep Gosar, Paul A. [AZ-1] - 5/12/2011 Rep Cravaack, Chip [MN-8] - 5/12/2011 Rep Rigell, E. Scott [VA-2] - 5/12/2011 The most recent Senate cosponsors are: Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] - 5/10/2011 Sen Blunt, Roy [MO] - 5/10/2011 Sen Wicker, Roger F. [MS] - 5/11/2011 Sen Rubio, Marco [FL] - 5/11/2011 Sen Hoeven, John [ND] - 5/16/2011 Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 5/18/2011 If you know these members of the House and/or Senate, please send them a thank you for cosponsoring. Next week, Mike Murphy of Turner Murphy Construction in Rock Hill, S.C., will testify in favor of repealing the 3 percent withholding before the House Small Business Committee.  Also, AGC members attending the Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In will be lobbying for repeal of the 3 percent withholding while also working to pass a multiyear transportation bill. To send a letter to your member of Congress and Senators, click here. For more information, contact Jeff Shoaf at shoafj@agc.org.