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Budget Reconciliation Legislation

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Federal Government Affairs Manager

Samuel Beaver is the federal government affairs manager for the Brewers Association. He has worked in government and federal affairs for the past 15 years, having worked in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate as a Congressional staffer handling issues ranging from tax to trade to banking policy. He later lobbied on a wide variety of issues in the private sector. Sam is a graduate of the University of Virginia where he discovered his interest in craft beer as a bartender, and his interest in homebrewing with family followed shortly after.

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The U.S. Senate will return on Monday, June 2, to resume consideration of H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the legislation by a narrow margin on May 22.

H.R. 1 in the current form contains a number of important tax measures for the brewing industry, such as making the tax rate for pass-through entities permanent and reinstating deductions that can be made on research and development (R&D) expenses.

The legislation is now with the U.S. Senate, where the bill will be voted on at a point to be determined soon.

Republicans in both Congress and the Administration have telegraphed a desire to pass H.R.1 and send it to the President’s desk for a final signature by July, but a number of procedural steps remain before that can occur.

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Federal Government Affairs Manager

Samuel Beaver is the federal government affairs manager for the Brewers Association. He has worked in government and federal affairs for the past 15 years, having worked in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate as a Congressional staffer handling issues ranging from tax to trade to banking policy. He later lobbied on a wide variety of issues in the private sector. Sam is a graduate of the University of Virginia where he discovered his interest in craft beer as a bartender, and his interest in homebrewing with family followed shortly after.

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