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Industries, Business Leaders, Taxpayer Orgs: Manchin-Biden Build Back Better Harms Economy, Kills Jobs

Opposition grows to Democrats’ tax-and-spend bill that would crush economy
August 7, 2022 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'    — Bidenflation    — Blog    — Health    — Oversight    — Press Releases    — Select Revenue Measures   

Democrats’ Manchin-Biden Build Back Better would destroy American innovation, raise taxes on lower- and middle-income workers, result in more audits for all Americans, and push the economy further into an inflationary death spiral – all at a time when American families and small businesses are suffering under record-high inflation and a worker shortage.

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Americans across the country, including business leaders, economic organizations, and taxpayer rights advocates, announced their opposition to the bill. Here’s a list with links to their objections:

Alvere

American Action Forum

American Benefits Council

American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights

American Enterprise Institute

American Experiment

American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC)

America First Policy Institute (AFPI)

Americans for Prosperity KEY VOTE

American Petroleum Institute

Americans for Prosperity

Americans for Tax Reform KEY VOTE

Americans for Tax Reform KEY VOTE

Amgen

Arizona Chamber

Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC)

Associated General Contractors of America

Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM)

Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM)

Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

Beer Institute

Biocom California

Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

Biotech Leaders (RA Capital Management, Viscient Biosciences, No Patient Left Behind, Bay City Capital)

Boehringer Ingelheim

Business Roundtable

Bristol Myers Squibb

California Biotech CEOs

California Life Sciences

Can Manufacturers Institute

Catholic Vote KEY VOTE

Center for a Free Economy

Center for Individual Freedom (2021)

Center for Urban Renewal and Education

Coalition of Minority Owned Businesses (2021)

Coalition of 14 Real Estate Organizations (2021)

Competitive Enterprise Institute (2021)

Concerned Women for America KEY VOTE

Council for Affordable Health Coverage

Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

Council of State Bioscience Associations

Club for Growth

CTIA

CURE: Center for Urban Renewal and Education

Domestic Energy Producers Alliance

Eli Lilly & Company

Exelon

Family Research Council KEY VOTE

FDA Law Blog

Freedomworks KEY VOTE

Gilead

Genentech

Heritage Action KEY VOTE

Heritage Foundation (2021)

Independent Electrical Contractors

Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)

Independent Women’s Forum

Job Creators Network

Juneau Oil and Gas

Koch Network

The Libre Initiative

Main Street Employers

  • AAHOA
  • AICC, The Independent Packaging Association Air Conditioning Contractors of America
  • American Building Materials Alliance (ABMA)
  • American Hotel and Lodging Association
  • American Pipeline Contractors Association
  • American Supply Association
  • Associated Builders and Contractors
  • Associated Equipment Distributors
  • Associated General Contractors of America
  • Brick Industry Association
  • Ceramic Tile Distributors Association
  • Construction Industry Round Table
  • Convenience Distribution Association
  • Distribution Contractors Association
  • Education Market Association
  • Family Business Coalition
  • Financial Executives International (FEI)
  • Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association
  • Forest Resources Association
  • Heating, Air-conditioning, & Refrigeration Distributors
  • International Illinois Farm Bureau
  • Independent Bakers Association
  • Independent Electrical Contractors
  • Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America
  • Independent Office Products & Furniture Dealers Association
  • International Association of Plastics Distribution (IAPD)
  • International Foodservice Distributors Association International Housewares Association
  • Main Street Employers Coalition Manufactured Housing Institute
  • Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association
  • Metals Service Center Institute
  • National Association of Electrical Distributors
  • National Association of Home Builders
  • National Association of Professional Insurance Agents
  • National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers
  • National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
  • National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
  • National Community Pharmacists Association
  • National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
  • National Grocers Association
  • National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA)
  • National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association
  • National Marine Distributors Association
  • National Onion Association
  • National Restaurant Association
  • National Roofing Contractors Association
  • National Stone Sand and Gravel Association
  • National Wooden Pallet & Container Association Nebraska Cattlemen
  • North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM)
  • North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA)
  • Oregon Cattlemen’s Association
  • Outdoor Power Equipment and Engine Service Association Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—
  • National Association Power and Communication Contractors Association
  • Reserve Organization of America (ROA) Retail Bakers of America
  • S Corporation Association
  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS)
  • Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance
  • Subchapter S Bank Association
  • Textile Care Allied Trades Association
  • The Hardwood Federation
  • Tile Roofing Industry Alliance
  • Truck Renting and Leasing Association
  • WASDA – Water and Sewer Distributors of America Western States
  • Roofing Contractors Association
  • Wisconsin Grocers Association
  • Wisconsin Small Businesses United Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation
  • Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation

Managed Funds Association

March for Life Action KEY VOTE

Merck

National Association of Home Builders

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

National Association of Small Trucking Companies

National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors

National Black Chamber of Commerce (2021)

Nebraska Farm Bureau

NFIB

National Multifamily Housing Council (2021)

National Restaurant Association

National Right to Life KEY VOTE

National Taxpayers Union KEY VOTE

National Taxpayers Union KEY VOTE

National Taxpayers Union KEY VOTE

National Venture Capital Association

Nebraska Farm Bureau

Novartis

Novo Nordisk

Pacific Research Institute

Paragon Health Institute

31 Pharmaceutical CEOs (CA)

PhRMA

Pfizer

Pink Sheet: Informa Pharma Intelligence”

Rapport: Biotech

Real Estate Roundtable

R Street Institute

Sanofi

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council

States Trust

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America KEY VOTE

Taxpayers Protection Alliance (2021)

Taxpayers Protection Alliance

USA Retirement

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Natural Gas and Oil Industry Trade Groups

  • American Exploration and Production Council (AXPC)
  • American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM)
  • American Petroleum Institute (API)
  • Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners
  • Arkansas Oil Marketers Association
  • Associated Builders & Contractors West Virginia
  • Associated Industries of Florida
  • Associated Industries of Missouri
  • California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA)
  • Chemistry Industry Council of Illinois
  • Colorado Oil and Gas Association
  • Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association
  • Energy Workforce & Technology Council
  • Florida Independent Petroleum Producers Association
  • Florida Natural Gas Association
  • Florida Petroleum Marketers Association
  • Florida Propane Gas Association
  • Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Florida Transportation Builders Association
  • Floridians for Better Transportation
  • Fuel Iowa
  • Georgia Association of Convenience Stores
  • Georgia Mining Association
  • Illinois Fuel Retails Association
  • Illinois Manufacturers Association
  • Illinois Retail Merchants Association
  • Independent Petroleum Association of America
  • Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association (KIOGA)
  • Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
  • Louisiana Oil and Gas Association
  • Manufacture Alabama
  • Michigan Association of Convenience Stores
  • Michigan Oil and Gas Association
  • Michigan Petroleum Association
  • Minnesota Service Station & Convenience Store Association
  • New Mexico Business Coalition
  • New Mexico Oil and Gas Association
  • North Carolina Chamber
  • North Carolina Petroleum & Convenience Marketers Association
  • North Dakota Petroleum Council
  • Ohio Energy and Convenience Association
  • Ohio Manufacturers Association
  • Ohio Oil and Gas Association
  • Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry
  • Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Coalition
  • Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association (PIOGA)
  • Pennsylvania Independent Petroleum Producers
  • Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
  • Permian Basin Petroleum Association
  • Petroleum Association of Wyoming (PAW)
  • Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association
  • South Dakota Petroleum and Propane Marketers Association
  • Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
  • Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO)
  • The Coalbed Methane Association of Alabama
  • The James Madison Institute
  • The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma
  • West Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association

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