Transcript NAM: Policy Update & Overview

NPASC Fall Meeting
NAM Policy Overview & Update
Jay Timmons
Senior Vice President, Policy and Government
Relations
Aric Newhouse
Vice President, Government Relations
Legislative Agenda
January – August 2007
The First 100 Hours
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National security
Jobs and wages
Stem cell research
Affordable health care
– Drug Negotiation Bill H.R. 4, the Medicare
Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act
College access for all
Energy independence
– Energy - H.R. 6, the Creating Long-term Energy
Alternatives for the Nation (CLEAN) Act of 2007
Key Legislative Action
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Card Check
Immigration
Drug Importation
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Revenue Raisers
COMPETES Act
Energy
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OCS
RPS
CAFE
Energy Taxes
Looking to the Future
Trade Policy
Currently there are four free trade agreements
(FTAs) that will benefit American manufacturers
that await action by Congress:
– Colombia
– Panama
– Peru
– South Korea
Bipartisan agreement reached earlier this year
Trade Policy
Trade Policy
The NAM has developed an on-line resource to help
members communicate with Capitol Hill in support
of these much needed agreements:
www.nam.org/tradetoolkit
Through this site, members can:
– Learn about the benefits of each agreement
– Follow the status of each FTA
– Use an on-line mechanism to easily write and call
their Members of Congress in support of the much
needed agreements.
Ozone Standard
• EPA has announced plans that may lead to a
more stringent national ambient air quality
standard for ground-level ozone (smog).
• The new plan could replace the current standard
– which has yet to be fully implemented and has
been estimated to cost $100 billion – with a
much more stringent and costly standard.
Ozone Standard
NAM Action
• Working with state officials and groups
• Businesses and their employees are
encouraged to write EPA Administrator
Johnson
Ozone Standard
NAM Resources
NAM members can access
our online advocacy
toolkit at
www.nam.org/ozonetoolkit
which:
• Gives an overview of the
EPA’s proposed ozone
standard
• Allows businesses and their employees the opportunity to
contact the EPA and submit comments on the proposed
regulation
Infrastructure
• The NAM announced at its February 2007
Board Meeting plans to form an industryled coalition to advocate the need for a
more secure infrastructure structure.
• The Alliance for Improving America's
Infrastructure aims to address the urgent
need to modernize the nation’s roads,
rails, ports and airports.
Infrastructure
NAM Member
Companies and other
interested groups are
encouraged to
contact the NAM’s
Keith McCoy
[email protected] to
join the coalition
Tax Policy
Tax Policy
Country
2003 Corp. Tax
Rate
2006 Corp. Tax
Rate
% Difference
from the US
USA
40%
40%
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South Korea
29.7%
27.5%
-12.5%
Germany
39.6%
38.3%
-1.7%
Canada
36.6%
36.1%
-3.9%
Japan
42%
41%
0.7%
United
Kingdom
30%
30%
-10%
Taiwan
25%
25%
-15%
France
34.3%
33.3%
-6.7%
Tax Policy
Source: R&D Credit Coalition, “Survey of International R&D Tax Incentives,” February
2006
Climate Change
• Speaker Pelosi has committed that
Congress will take up legislation related to
climate change this fall
• Several pieces of legislation have been
introduced to address climate change
Corporate Average
Fuel Economy
• NAM has developed a
toolkit for action:
www.nam.org/cafetoolkit
• This toolkit contains:
– CAFE legislation bill
summaries;
– Status on legislation; and,
– Contact Congress
mechanism to help NAM
Members communication
with Capitol Hill.
Blue Dog Coalition
House
Republicans
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147
Blue Dogs &
New Dems
All other House
Democrats
Blue Dog Coalition
• The Blue Dog Coalition released a set of eight
energy policy principles in June 2007 that
focused on the premise that there should be an
energy “Pay-Go” in that energy policy should not
result in a net loss of domestic energy.
• However all but four Blue Dog Coalition
members however voted for the House Energy
Bill package before the August recess that did
not address the need for greater energy supply.
Blue Dog Coalition
Leadership
Co-Chair for Admin
Rep. Allen Boyd
(D-FL)
Co-Chair for Policy
Rep. Dennis Moore
(D-KS)
Co-Chair for Comm.
Rep Mike Ross
(D-AR)
Blue Dog Coalition
Key Members
Rep. Chris Carney
Rep. Melissa Bean
Rep. Bart Gordon
Rep. Dennis Cardoza
Blue Dog Coalition
Key Members
Rep. Loretta Sanchez
Rep.John Barrow
Rep. Jason Altmire
Rep. Collin Peterson
Senate 2008
(21 Republicans, 12 Democrats)
NH
WA
Sununu
VT
ND
MT
Baucus
ME
Collins
MA
MN
OR
Kerry
Coleman)
Smith
ID
WI
SD
Craig
WY
Johnson
Enzi
Barasso
IL
Durbin
UT
Allard
KS
MO
Roberts
OH
IN
AZ
Domenici
OK
AR
Inhofe
Pryor
WV
Rockefeller VA
KY
Warner
McConnell
NC
Dole
Alexander
SC
Graham
MS
AL
GA
CochranSessions Chambliss
LA
Senate
TX
Landrieu
Cornyn
FL
34 TOTAL RACES
GOP 22 Defense
Dem 12 Defense
HI
NJ
Lautenberg
TN
NM
Reed
CT
PA
Harkin
Hagel
CO
RI
NY
IA
NE
NV
CA
MI
Levin
AK
Stevens
DE
MD
DC
Biden
Call to Action
• Free Trade Agreements
• Ozone Standard
• Infrastructure
www.manufacts.org
Congressional Profiles
NAM Solutions