Federal Issues
Latest News
- Christie budget touts income tax cut - Cherry Hill Courier Post - February 22, 2012
- Income Tax dept rejects Kingfisher Airlines' plea to unfreeze accounts - NDTV - February 22, 2012
- Oklahoma income-tax-cut bills get Senate panel's OK - Tulsa World - February 22, 2012
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Federal Issues
- Climate Change/Energy Policy Climate change is increasingly impacting business strategies throughout John Deere's various business divisions. The agriculture, forestry, and land-use sectors, including turf and landscape, have the potential to reduce and sequester a significant portion of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), as well as generate renewable energy and produce low-carbon fuels...
- Health Care Reform Despite several early setbacks, overhaul of the nation's health care system remains a high priority for the Obama administration. Reform efforts will seek to provide affordable, accessible health care insurance for all Americans. John Deere supports change that will bring about affordable, sustainable, quality health care without weakening the current employer provided system...
- Infrastructure
America's infrastructure directly affects our economic and social well-being. Every day we rely upon our roads, bridges, transit, rail, water, waste, and other infrastructure to survive and thrive... - Labor & Workplace Environment Card check legislation, entitled the "Employee Free Choice Act"(EFCA) is legislation that was introduced in March 2009 and being considered by Congress. This bill would change the methods for establishing how a union...
- Trade
- Trade
- Customs
- Technical Standards
Legislative Tracking
- H.R. 4: Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011
- H.R. 5: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011
- H.R. 1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
- S. 560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
- H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
