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FreedomWorks
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment to H.Con.Res. 71: FY 2018 Budget Resolution.
The budget resolution contains reconciliation instructions that allow the House Ways and Means Committee to produce legislation for fundamental tax reform. It has been more than 30 years since Congress passed fundamental tax reform. Since that time, the tax code has become riddled with carve-outs that benefit politically connected special interests. Today, there are more than 74,000 pages in the tax code. According to the Tax Foundation, Americans spent 8.9 billion hours and $409 billion on tax compliance in 2016. Congress has a generational opportunity to reform the tax code by consolidating and lowering tax rates, broadening the tax base, and promoting job creation and international competitiveness for American businesses. This will make the tax code fairer and simplify the filing process, allowing the vast majority of Americans to file their taxes on a postcard.
National Taxpayers Union
h2017-589.
h2017-589.
League of Conservation Voters
BUDGET RESOLUTION PAVING THE WAY FOR DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC REFUGE.
Representative Diane Black (R-TN) sponsored H. Con. Res. 71, the Budget Resolution, which authorized an increase in the deficit of $1.5 trillion to enact the GOP tax bill and will likely result in cuts to safeguards for our air, water, lands and wildlife. The legislation paved the way for the tax bill to include a rider that turns the pristine and sacred Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into an industrial oil field. Following its passage in the Senate, the House approved H. Con. Res. 71. Both chambers having passed the same version of the budget, the resolution was adopted.
AFL-CIO
FY2018 Budget Resolution.
This resolution establishing the congressional budget for FY2018 cuts programs like Medicare, Medicaid and other income security programs that provide critical support to our nation's most vulnerable population by $4.1 trillion over the next decade to pay for trillions of dollars in tax giveaways for millionaires and major corporations. The fiscal blueprint would also cut discretionary spending, including funding for education, infrastructure, job training, housing assistance and financial aid for college students by $800 billion. By 2027, spending on domestic priorities as a share of the economy would be the lowest it has been since the Hoover Administration. The House agreed to the Senate amended budget resolution without amendment.
National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
House Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 71).
This group opposed this amended resolution because it fast tracked budget cuts to vital safety net programs, increased wealth and income disparity in our nation, and included reconciliation instructions that ushered passage of the Republican tax plan without any Democratic support in the Senate. This House vote ultimately adopted the Senate version of final budget resolution, approving $200 billion in cuts to mandatory programs. Passed.
Citizens Against Government Waste
Fiscal 2018 Budget Resolution -- Motion to Concur.
Black, R-Tenn., motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the concurrent resolution that would provide for $3.1 trillion in new budget authority in fiscal 2018, not including off-budget accounts. It would allow the cap on defense spending to be raised to $640 billion for fiscal 2018, without the need for offsets. It would require the Senate Finance Committee to report legislation under the budget reconciliation process that would increase the deficit by no more than $1.5 trillion over the period of fiscal 2018 through fiscal 2027. It would also instruct the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to report legislation under the budget reconciliation process that would reduce the deficit by $1 billion over the period of fiscal 2018 through fiscal 2027. The concurrent resolution would authorize the establishment of various reserve funds, including a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to repealing or replacing the 2010 health care overhaul law, and a revenue-neutral reserve fund related to modifying the federal tax system.
Alliance for Retired Americans
Anti-Retiree Budget II.
The House voted on the Senate passed budget resolution for FY 2018. This resolution cuts spending by $5.1 trillion, including $1 trillion from Medicaid and nearly $500 billion from Medicare and contains instructions for tax reform. The resolution passed. H.Con.Res. 71.