Paul Suplizio, President of the WOTC Coalition gave us an e-mail play-by-play this morning as the Senate Finance Committee considered amendments to the EXPIRE Act. I’ll give you the big news now, then return later with some additional analysis.
First, according to the Committee’s press release, the Senate Finance Committee approved the EXPIRE Act with a strong bipartisan vote. More about that later.
Also, empowerment-zone residency was added back to WOTC’s designated-community resident target group. It is not yet clear to me if the provision also extends the empowerment-zone program itself.
Lastly, the Committee approved an amendment offered by Senators Rob Portman, Ben Cardin and Mark Warner adding a brand new WOTC target group for the long-term unemployed.
MORE TO COME.