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A summary of the day's nonprofit community news from leading public policy news sources.
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Finance Committee must find $320 billion in new revenue for health reform
The Senate Finance Committee must find $320 billion in new revenue to help pay for its health care reform proposal, but no final decisions have been made regarding the design and scope of the new taxes. "We've already got the spending, savings, that package pretty well agreed to, so we're talking about revenue options, some healthcare-related, some non-healthcare-related," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman and Finance Committee member Kent Conrad (D-ND) said Wednesday. Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) said that capping the income tax exclusion also remains an option for the committee to consider, despite earlier reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had asked Baucus to drop the provision. Reid met with a group of Republican Senators Wednesday to assure them that he is committed to crafting a bipartisan final health care bill. Source: BNA Daily Tax Report, Congress Daily, Congressional Quarterly
Mandatory E-Verify reinstated, Senate amendment would make program permanent
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced yesterday that mandatory use of the E-Verify system for checking workers’ immigration status by federal contractors will begin on September 8. At the same time, she rescinded a controversial 2007 rule that would have required Social Security to send "no-match" letters to 140,000 U.S. employers warning them to resolve discrepancies or fire suspect workers within 90 days. Also yesterday, the Senate adopted an amendment offered by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) that would make permanent the E-Verify. The amendment was adopted on the Senate version of the Homeland Security appropriations bill (S 1298). Voluntary users of the E-Verify program, including nonprofit employers, had encountered numerous inaccuracies in the database as well as a long and difficult process for correcting those errors. Source: Congress Daily
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Stalled Census nomination may progress this week
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is expected to hold a vote as early as this week on the delayed nomination of Robert Groves to head up the Census Bureau. Reid will likely file a procedural motion to advance the stalled nomination, according to Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), who then said, “I think we’re going to have a cloture vote.” The census is conducted every ten years to assess the nation’s population and demographic makeup. Source: Roll Call
Upcoming Events
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee |
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Thursday, July 9, 2009, 2:00 p.m. (ET) |
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2247 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. |
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Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee hearing on "Census Data and its Use in Federal Formula Funding." [Note: Rescheduled from June 25.] |
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202-225-5051 |
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Washington Policy Update |
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Thursday, July 9, 2009, 2:00 p.m. (ET) |
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1602 L Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, D.C. |
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Monthly strategy meeting to discuss tax, regulatory, and other legislative issues. |
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Please contact us at publicpolicy@independentsector.org, to RSVP and to get the call-in information if you will be unable to attend in person. |
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House Appropriations Subcommittee Markup |
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Friday, July 10, 2009, 9:00 a.m. (ET) |
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2358-C Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. |
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Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee markup of the FY2010 appropriations bill for the agencies under its jurisdiction, which includes funding for programs authorized under the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. [Note: Rescheduled from July 8.] |
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202-225-2771 |
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Briefing on the Postal Service Financial Crisis |
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 2:00 p.m. (ET) |
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1211 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 610, Washington, D.C. |
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The briefing is hosted by the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers and is an excellent opportunity for nonprofit organization government affairs executives to learn about the crisis and where it is heading. |
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202-462-5132 |
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