On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote YES on the Senate Amendment to H.Con.Res. 71, the budget resolution for FY 2018. Although the Senate’s budget numbers are not ideal, the passage of the Senate amendment to H.Con.Res. 71 would avoid a conference committee and save several days on the legislative calendar, giving the House Ways and Means Committee a head start on fundamental tax reform.
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to vote YES on the FY 2018 budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 71. The budget resolution contains reconciliation instructions that allow the House Ways and Means Committee to produce legislation for fundamental tax reform.
Coming off a week-long recess and without any significant legislative victories this year, the pressure is on the Senate this week to pass the FY 2018 budget resolution, S.Con.Res. 25, which provides reconciliation instructions for fundamental tax reform. The House passed its own version of the FY 2018 budget, H.Con.Res. 71, on October 5 by a vote of 219 to 206.
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote YES on the amendment offered by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) to H.Con.Res. 71, the budget resolution for FY 2018. The amendment, which includes reconciliation instructions for fundamental tax reform, is the Republican Study Committee’s FY 2018 budget alternative.
September may be the busiest month of 2017 for Congress. There is a long list of must-pass legislation on the agenda, including the debt limit and appropriations for at least part of FY 2018, when Congress reconvenes on Tuesday, September 5. The calendar, however, isn't kind. There are only 12 legislative days scheduled in the House and 17 in the Senate.