{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[2140589, "fc98f69f-3cdd-4293-aed6-b9effbb52d2f", "Q2", "NETWORK LOBBY FOR CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE", 63495, "NETWORK", 2018, "second_quarter", "TAX", "NETWORK believes a strong and prosperous society requires everyone to contribute. Without taxes there would be no public education and health systems, safe communities, secure retirements, reliable transportation systems, breakthrough research for medical cures, clean renewable energy, and an economic security system to protect and boost struggling families. \n\nNETWORK believes the current federal tax system allows and encourages the wealthy and corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes and is fundamentally unjust. To create an economy that works for all, the wealthy and corporations should pay more in taxes than they pay now. \n\nNETWORK believes corporations derive enormous benefits from the public investments and protections that our tax dollars support and they have a responsibility to contribute. The tax incentives for multinational corporations to shift jobs and profits offshore to avoid taxation should be eliminated, which would level the playing field for small businesses and domestic corporations\n\nFor decades, wealth and income have grown more and more concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. NETWORK opposes any tax plan that provides tax relief for wealthy individuals and further skews the economy and the tax code away from the vast majority of working people.   \n\nNETWORK strongly opposed the Tax and Job Act and opposes any tax corrections bill flowing from the underlying act. The bill was fiscally irresponsible, provided  enormous new tax benefits to the wealthy and corporations, and failed to provide tax relief for low income working families and individuals.  \n\nNETWORK supports expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for younger low income workers and workers with grown children who are currently taxed into poverty. \n\nNETWORK supports expanding the Child Tax Credit by making the credit fully refundable and indexing the credit to make it more accessible for low income children.  \n\nNETWORK supports reform of the Mortgage Interest Deduction.  This tax incentive costs the federal government $70 billion a year and largely benefits the highest-income families.  Those funds should be reinvest in housing program for low income families and to create a new renter tax credit to help the lowest-income renters afford decent, stable housing.\n\nNETWORK supports the Low Income Housing Tax Credit as a way to encourage the development of low income housing.", "Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD),SENATE,U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)", null, null, 0, 0, "2018-07-06T11:01:35.380000-04:00"]], "columns": ["id", "filing_uuid", "filing_type", "registrant_name", "registrant_id", "client_name", "filing_year", "filing_period", "issue_code", "specific_issues", "government_entities", "income_amount", "expense_amount", "is_no_activity", "is_termination", "received_date"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["2140589"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 549.6873130323365, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}