IRA Assistance Act of 2009

Contacts in support of inclusion in budget reconciliation legislation (H.R. 1626 and Senate Better Care Reconciliation Act) provisions to (1) repeal and replace provisions of Public Law 111-148 ("Obamacare") that contain multiple abortion-subsidizing and abortion-expanding aspects; (2) incorporate certain tax provisions that facilitate coverage for lifesaving care in private health plans; (3) deny most federal funding for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the nation's largest abortion provider, and its affiliates; (4) strengthen provisions in PL 111-148 to enforce the segregation of funds for abortion services. This included a letter dated July 25, 2017 to the U.S. Senate urging a positive vote on the motion to proceed to debate. Contacts in support of inclusion in budget reconciliation legislation (H.R. 1626 and Senate Better Care Reconciliation Act) of amendments offered by Sen. Strange to extend "Hyde" protections to payments to insurers and by Sen. Heller to entirely remove the so-called "Cadillac Tax" on plans that facilitate coverage for lifesaving care. Contacts in support of S.Amdt.1030 to H.R.1628, referred to as the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill, to repeal and replace provisions of Public Law 111-148 ("Obamacare") that contain multiple abortion-subsidizing and abortion-expanding aspects, and would deny most federal funding for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the nation's largest abortion provider, and its affiliates. Contacts regarding H.R.244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, in regards to funding of certain providers of abortion; no position taken on this legislation (but supported extension of all existing pro-life limitations and provisions from previous appropriations periods). Contacts in support of language to the FY 2018 State, Foreign operations appropriations bill (H.R. 3362) to create funding limitation on organizations that promote or perform abortion and organizations that participate in coercive abortion programs. Contacts in support of Harris Amendment to the FY 2018 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 3280) to overturn the District of Columbia local law regarding physician-assisted suicide; adopted in House Appropriations Committee on July 13, 2017. Consultations in support of amendments to H.R 3354, the omnibus appropriations bill, including a letter to U.S. House members dated September 7, 2017, urging support of the Palmer Amendment to prohibit the District's local government from expending funds to enforce the RHNDA and urging rejection of the Norton Amendment to permit District officials to ignore congressional authority and open the door to funding of abortion, and contacts in support of retention of all current pro-life limitation amendments and other pro-life provisions.