Subject: Re: Cadillac tax
From: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
To: Nikki Budzinski <[email-masked]>
Cc: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:42:35 -0700

I got a call tonight from Sherrod Brown's staff telling me that Reid has
asked Brown to introduce his bill to repeal the Cadillac Tax on Thursday.
Reid wants him to do this to try to keep Dems off the R repeal bill that
doesn't contemplate a "pay-for."  We'll get asked about this on Thursday.
I don't think we will have to come out immediately either way but the
pressure will keep mounting.  Jake - Let's touch base about it in the
morning.

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Nikki Budzinski <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Just making sure everyone saw this today in The Hill:
> http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/254449-clinton-expected-to-break-with-obama-on-healthcare-cadillac-tax
>
> Not sure where this came from but it has gotten labor's attention this
> morning.
>
> Let me know how I can help on this.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 22, 2015, at 9:22 AM, John Podesta <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Spent time with Sherrod Brown last night. He seemed like he was doing his
> bill because Reid asked him to and to give pro-labor D's a place to go
> instead of Heller. Heinrich has already gone  on Heller and Brown thought
> Stabenow would be next. Labor is lobbying hard that you didn't need a pay
> for for the medical device tax so why for the Cadillac tax. (Did the
> medical device tax actually get repealed?) More to play out. His staff was
> with them so I asked whether they had considered limiting the tax by
> exempting employees making say under $100k a year from the tax. They said
> they hadn't, but they'd think about it.
>
>

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Ann O'Leary
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