60 PLUS ASSOCIATION for 60 PLUS ASSOCIATION
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What was lobbied
10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Signed a coalition letter opposing any efforts to raise the corporate tax rate above the 21% level set in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Signed a coalition in support of the Family Business Legacy Act, H.R. 6329. This legislation creates parity in the tax code between the estate and gift taxes by allowing an estate tax deduction for contributions to 501(c)(4), (c)(5), and (c)(6) organizations. Signed a coalition letter urging opposition to proposals that would raise taxes on carried interest investment income.The letter is urging Congress to reject the misnamed Carried Interest Fairness Act, legislation recently reintroduced by Senators Tammy Baldwin, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and other progressive members of Congress. This legislation that would increase the tax rate on carried interest investment by 70%, from 23.8% to 40.8%. Signed a coalition letter in support of H.R.574 - ALIGN Act and highlight the 100% bonus depreciation provision's importance as the tax cut reauthorization efforts continue. Signed a coalition to support of repealing IRA's green new deal subsidies in reconciliation to pay for tax cuts. Signed a coalition letter regarding digital services taxes (DST) in an effort to stop Canadas imposition of a discriminatory digital services tax (DST) on U.S. firms and your efforts to include restrictions on the imposition of DSTs and other unfair digital policies in recently announced trade agreements-providing a model for future trade negotiations. Signed a coalition letter urging the President to index capital gains for inflation.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Health Issues HCR
Signed a coalition letter highlighting Congresss historic opportunity to pass HSA expansion in reconciliation. The letter discusses the many benefits of HSAs, urges members to focus on expanding the number of new accounts over contribution limits, and lists out a few HSA/other tax-advantaged accounts expansion bills they can pull inspiration from. Signed onto a comment letter asking CMS to withdraw the GLOBE and GUARD most favored nation drug price control proposals. Signed a coalition letter supporting the Trump Administrations efforts to reduce fraud, tighten program integrity, and implement work requirements for Medicaid, and urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to approve reauthorization of Floridas hospital-directed payment program (DPP), Signed a coalition letter calling for the end to an office created by Obamacare, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Signed a coalition letter to ensure that Medicare Part D plans prioritize and ensure meaningful access to all FDA-approved, evidence-based, non-opioid medicines indicated for acute pain, including newly approved and first-in-class therapies.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Environment/Superfund ENV
Signed a coalition letter strongly urge all legislators, regardless of party, to make it a priority to get rid of the IRAs Green New Deal provisions. Many conservative policymakers have made undoing the Green New Deal a priority. This is impossible without undoing the IRA green subsidies, which are the heart of the Green New Deal. Signed a coalition letter in support of H.J. Res. 20 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
Signed a coalition letter urging Congress andUSTR to issue a report that reverses the weak-IP position that President Biden took. Signed a coalition letter telling Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick that If the United States is to recapture the competitive lead in critical and emerging technologies, ensure our national and economic security, and enable America and the American people to flourish, our nation must restore our foundations, especially private ownership rights both at home and abroad, including strong, secure, enforceable patent rights.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
Signed a coalition letter to start applying Labor Transparency (SALT) Act would require unions to register their salts with DOL. Signed a coalition letter to LCD requesting She Raise Federal Conformity Concerns with Paying Striking Workers in OR. Signed a coalition letter urging swift confirmation of the National Labor Relations Board nominations. Scott Mayers nomination to serve as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Transportation TRA
Signed a coalition letter in support of the Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern Merger.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Housing HOU
Signed a coalition letter encouraging Members of Congress to support bipartisan Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply (IRBHS) Act. The letter encourages a core focus on promoting transparency in local zoning and development policies.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Telecommunications TEC
Signed a coalition letter in support of ending European attacks on U.S. tech and telecommunications companies.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD
Signed a coalition letter to USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer urging that discriminatory digital trade practices in Asia be a priority in forthcoming Section 301 investigations.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
Veterans VET
Signed a coalition letter regarding serious concerns as to the impact of the SAFEGUARD Veterans Act of 2026. As written we cannot support this bill, but, we wish to work with the House and Senate incorporate some of these thoughtful proposals into a larger more holistic Veterans package.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES L MARTIN | — |
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