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3 Mid-December: 2013 Budget Agreement: –FY 2014 and FY 2015: Cancelled Automatic Discretionary Spending Cuts –Set Spending Caps for FY2014 & FY2015 First Bipartisan Budget Agreement Reached by a Divided Congress in 27 Years FY2015 Appropriations Should Be More Regular Order –No Government Shutdown Expected BudgetTRANSCRIPT
National Pork Board
Pork Management Conference
Washington Policy Update
June 2014
Chris WallNPPC Assistant Vice President, Public Policy
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Presentation Summary Budget Elections
Operation 218 PEDv Unfinished Business
• RFS• MCOOL• Tax Reform• Min Wage/ Unemployment Insurance
Regulations to Watch
• Immigration Reform• GIPSA• USDOT Hours of Service
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Mid-December: 2013 Budget Agreement:– FY 2014 and FY 2015: Cancelled Automatic
Discretionary Spending Cuts– Set Spending Caps for FY2014 & FY2015
First Bipartisan Budget Agreement Reached by a Divided Congress in 27 Years
FY2015 Appropriations Should Be More Regular Order – No Government Shutdown Expected
Budget
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Social Security $813 billion Defense $651 billion Medicare $504 billion Medicaid$267 billion Interest on the Debt $223 billion Subtotal (71% of Budget) $2.45 trillion
FY 2013 Revenues $2.7 trillionFY 2013 Outlays $3.45 trillion $680
billionDeficit
The FY2013 Federal Budget
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113th & 114th will Look Same; R Majority House Stable; Senate in Play:
Battle For Congress In Senate D’s Must Defend 14 of 16 Competitive Seats; Need
6 To Win Majority WV, SD, AL Almost Givens Arkansas Gone from R Pickup to D Hold KY Potential D Pickups…Not So Much in GA Watch NC
2014 Elections Outlook
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March Special Election Tampa Bay Area: Jolly (R) 48.4% vs. Sink (D) 46.6%
Half The Voters Than in 2012 R’s Say Repeat of 2010 When D’s Lost
House Then There Was Cantor
House Leadership Better? Speaker Race Just Got Interesting in 2015
2014 Elections Outlook
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Operation 218
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Operation 218• 73 Ag Votes in House On a Good Day
– 77% Of Those Votes Represented By R’s– R’s Represent Less Than Half Of Urban Votes Total– Majority Of Pork Issues Going Through Committees
Outside of Agriculture Committee• Have To Engage Urban/Suburban Members
– Most Of These Are Democrats With No Production– Most Have Historically Opposed NPPC On 1 or
More Issues
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Operation 218• Expanding to Non-Traditional Members
– Congressional Black Caucus– Congressional Hispanic Caucus– Women in Congress
• Identified Champions In Each To Be a Force Multiplier For Pork
• Entering Into Non-Traditional Issues– Obesity– Immigration– Charitable Giving
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Operation 218
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USDA PEDv Program• So Far So Good• $26.2 Million For:
– $7.8 Million for Research, Testing, and Lab Work
– $11.1 For Biosecurity Measures– $500,000 For Herd Management Plans
• Concerns– Protecting Producer’s Privacy– Penalties for Mandatory Reporting Violations
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GIPSA MCOOL RFS Reform Tax Reform Immigration Reform Unemployment/Minimum Wage USDOT: Hours of Service: Completed! Farm Bill Implementation:
PEDv Livestock Disaster Catastrophic Study
113th Congress: Unfinished Business
Post Farm Bill: MCOOL & GIPSA
MCOOL– June WTO
Decision– To Appeal or Not– Expanded
Coalition Base– Potential Action
End of Year
GIPSA– 2015 Approps
Language in Place– Fewer
Congressional Players
– Hopefully, Competition Fatigue
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Challenges for Comprehensive Reform in 2014:– Sen. Baucus (Senate Finance Chairman) Now Ambassador to
China– Sen. Wyden New Chair; New Priorities– Rep. Camp (House Ways & Means Chairman) Term Limited as
Chair– Last Two Major Reform Efforts (1963 & 1986) Occurred with
Strong Presidential Leadership– Release Draft Last Week
Outcome: —Not Likely Until 114th Congress—Camp Proposal To Lower Corporate & Individual Rates – Must Take
Away Popular Credits, Deductions NPPC Pushed to Exempt Pork/Farming Cash Accounting
RequiredOther Issues: 179 Deductions; Conservation Easements
Tax Reform