» Advocacy Alerts Archive

Contact Your Members of Congress by Wednesday to Help Preserve the Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal Bonds

The Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Budget request includes a proposal to implement a 28 percent benefit cap on tax-exempt municipal bond interest for high income taxpayers. According to a recent U.S. Conference of Mayors report , if this provision had been enacted over the last decade, it would have cost states and municipalities $173 billion (nearly $19 billion in 2012 alone) in interest expense for infrastructure projects and prevented many others from going forward.

We need your help! Urge Your House Representatives to Sign the Hultgren/Ruppersberger Letter!

On June 26, the "Dear Colleague" letter in support of the tax exemption for municipal bond interest currently being circulated by Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) and Randy Hultgren (R-IL) will be closed for signatures. As of Tuesday (June 24), there are only 62 Representatives who have signed on. They are listed below.

The bipartisan letter, which will be sent to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), urges them to support municipal bonds and to oppose proposals that would cap or eliminate the tax exemption for municipal bond interest. NACWA has been working closely with Congressional staff to move this effort forward.

For information on how to contact your Members of Congress, please see NACWA’s Congressional Toolbox. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Hannah Mellman at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

If your Members would like to sign on, have their staff contact either Walter Gonzales in Rep. Ruppersberger’s office ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 202.225.3061) or Scott Luginbill in Rep. Hultgren’s office ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 202.225.2976)

Members who have signed the Hultgren/Ruppersberger letter:

Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), PaulTonko (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Rick Nolan (D-MN), DinaTitus (D-NV), Billy Long (R-MO), Latta (R-OH), Juila Brownley (D-CA), Cory Gardner (R_CO), Tim Walz (D-MN), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Steve Pearce (R-NM), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Tim Bishop (D-NY), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), MarkTakano (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fl), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Trey Radel (R-Fl), Rob Bishop (UT), John Delaney (D-MD), Peter King (R-NY),  David Valadao (R-CA), Dan Kildee (D-MI), Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Corinne Brown (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Betty McCollum (D-MN), David Scott (D-GA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Bill Enyart (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Dave Loebsack (D-IA)