Today the New York Times carries an editorial explaining the importance of Senator Cantwell's and Senator Bingaman's bills to reinvigorate the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. This editorial is the result of hard work by Enterprise Community Partners to explain the importance of the A.C.T.I.O.N. (A Call To Invest In Our Neighborhoods) campaign proposals to the NY Times and other media outlets.

We greatly appreciate those of you who have reached out to your Senators in the past weeks, and we urge you to use this editorial today as a reason to follow up with your Senators.

Encourage your Senators to co-sponsor both the Cantwell (S.3326) and Bingaman (S.3141) bills. Also ask your Senators to urge Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Grassley (R-IA) to include the Cantwell and Bingaman proposals in the Senate version of the small business jobs bill.

We need to have as much support as possible before the small business jobs bill comes to a vote, which is expected to occur soon, no later than before Memorial Day.

If you have any questions about how to make your appeal or if you hear any news, please contact Peter Lawrence, (202) 649-3915.  As a reminder, there are also helpful materials in the Advocacy Toolkit.

 

Also, if your organization is not listed among our supporters here, please contact Alexandra Chaikin (202) 649-3903 to sign on.

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