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The Xperience your membership-based organization won’t want to miss

Aptify

This year’s Innovation Award winners are: Parenteral Drug Association – This organization wanted to improve the process of on-site event purchases, which required multiple steps and often caused delays when members did not have ID/password ready for website login. Save the date for Xperience 2024!

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Camp Renews Push for Tax Reform As Congress Turns to Long-Term Fiscal Challenges

Associations Now

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), the leading voice for tax reform in that chamber, is aiming to refocus lawmakers on that effort now that the 16-day government shutdown is over. With the government back in business but major fiscal issues looming on Congress’ agenda, Rep.

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Online Sales Tax: Senate Nears Vote On Bipartisan Bill

Associations Now

Some legislators opposed to the measure have asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to put the legislation through a Finance Committee review process before the chamber votes on it. The committee is led by Sen. (Currently, consumers are supposed to report such spending when filing their income taxes, but few do.)

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Summer Update

Moving through the Association World

Earlier this year I stepped in to Chair the Mid-Atlantic Society of Association Executive’s Education Committee. We went to Scottsdale, AZ, which was a change of pace for the organization. In September I am looking forward to attending the ASAE NextGen Summit in Reno, NV. The weather was just an added bonus!

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Panel: Time for Associations to Get Proactive on Feds’ Meeting Attendance

Associations Now

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has shown little interest in advancing the bill. The House bill was passed earlier this year, and the Senate version was recently approved by the chamber’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Though Sen. All of this has left the association community on the defensive, said John H.

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Patent Reform Is Off the Table in the Senate for Now. What Happened?

Associations Now

The long-running effort in the Senate to reform the patent system, a push that had appeared to be stalling of late, stopped entirely on Wednesday when the Judiciary Committee shelved the legislation. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the committee’s chairman, said in a statement. Industry groups reacted strongly.

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Congress Moves On Tax Extenders, Stalls On Terror Insurance

Associations Now

After the White House voiced its opposition to that deal, outgoing Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) tried unsuccessfully to rally support for a two-year extension of most tax breaks that the committee had passed in the spring.