Miscellaneous
The first half of the year ended with a slew of nonprofit policy news items. The House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal the tax on nonprofit transportation benefits. Read the full text of AdMat to find out what your organization can do to increase the sense of urgency for getting rid of the tax. By now, most people know the Supreme Court ruled that the 2020 Census can’t include a citizenship question unless the Secretary of Commerce comes up with a new, legitimate rationale. In the newsletter and elsewhere, our own Tim Delaney explains what this all means to nonprofits and to the efforts to secure a fair, accurate, and complete count so that everyone counts. The states have also been active, as the newsletter reports. Census funding, tax reforms, and employment law changes are just some of the topics of interest. And today’s Advocacy in Action is all about messaging that moves people to action.