Camp Courts House Moderates

On July 31, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) held a closed-door meeting with the New Democrats, a coalition of moderate House Democratic members supportive of pro-growth tax policies, in order to prepare them for an active role in tax reform debate. According to congressional staff, lawmakers and Chairman Camp discussed a range of tax topics normally controversial for Democrats, including dynamic scoring and revenue. Unlike some of the New Democrats more liberal counterparts, they signaled support for a revenue-neutral tax bill that uses both static and dynamic scoring to judge economic benefit and cost. For more information, please contact Brian Lenihan at (202) 547-4733 or lenihanb@agc.org.