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Foreign Relations FOR

Issues relating to agricultural and construction equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Agriculture AGR

AG issues in US Free Trade Agreements that support our farmer customers; Renewable Fuels Standard; GPS issues

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Obama Administration Budget, provisions relating to increasing taxes on US companies competing for business in international markets.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to card check elections and binding arbitration; HR 377 - Paycheck Fairness Act; E-Verify; HR 4959 - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Transparency and Accountability Act

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 4959 (113th), H.R. 377 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Government policies and positions regarding the importation of agriculture and construction equipment to Russia; Trade Promotion Authority; Trade negotiations being pursued like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the United States and Asia-Pacific region; the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and European Union; Authorization of the US Export-Import Bank

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Transportation TRA

Issues relating to funding of federal highways. Off-road farm equipment operated on public roads newly defined as "commercial vehicles."

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Obama Administration Budget, provisions relating to increasing taxes on US companies competing for business in international markets; Farm Bill, provisions relating to commodity price and income supports, initiatives to reduce the cost of capital, energy tax incentives, farmland preservation tax, and research and development tax credit; "Extenders"; provisions regarding tax reform and Chairman Camp's "Tax Reform Act of 2014."

Contacted: White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)