The business community has long called for broad infrastructure legislation and previously embraced Biden s commitment to spend massive sums on roads, bridges and even climate change initiatives. But they’ve also warned that he would lose their support if he insisted on raising taxes for U.S. companies.
Now, trade groups say they plan on making their case to lawmakers.
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“We’ll be lobbying Congress on both aspects of the plan infrastructure and tax. We want to find a path forward that does not include an increase to corporate tax rate,” a spokesperson for the Retail Industry Leaders Association told The Hill.
Lobbying world Alex Gangitano
Forbes Tate Partners announced that
Stacey Rolland has joined the firm as a senior vice president in the government affairs practice. She previously was a senior director at Capital One and before that was chief of staff and senior adviser at the Treasury Department s Office of Tax Policy during the Obama administration. She also worked as senior policy adviser to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Jenn Ridder, former Biden for President national states director, joined
Precision Strategies as a managing director in the firm s mobilization and campaign management practice. She previously managed ex-Montana Gov. Steve Bullock s (D) 2020 presidential campaign and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis s (D) 2018 gubernatorial campaign.