Ways and Means Chairman Renews Reform Push

On Wednesday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) released a two-and-a-half minute video produced by the committee to highlight the complexity, confusion and cost associated with the current tax code for families and job creators. In December, Chairman Camp was tasked by Republican leadership to acquire the votes required to pass reform in the House before advancing his tax policy agenda. Chairman Camp is now spending the first months of 2014 educating and lobbying members of his own conference on the merits of reform. Ways and Means Committee members plan to use the Republican policy retreat at the end of January to provide tax reform 101 sessions for members - a process started during the Republican conservative caucus meeting where Chairman Dave Camp highlighted the committee's newest reform-focused video. At the meeting, Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise (R-La.) told members that Republicans needed a “bold agenda” for 2014, which should include tax reform. AGC is involved with the education and lobbying of rank-and-file members on the need for comprehensive reforms to the tax code, and is providing additional support through various tax coalitions. The chairman’s video can be viewed here. For more information, please contact Brian Lenihan at (202) 547-4733 or lenihanb@agc.org.