New York Life Bill Positions
MapLight's report on New York Life details New York Life's support for or opposition to bills in Congress. MapLight has recorded 8 bill positions taken by New York Life since January 1, 2007. These bills relate to topics including Insurance, Budget, Spending, and Taxes, Health, Labor and Employment, Accounting, and 2 other topics.
Support and opposition information is based on public documents found by MapLight, including congressional testimony, news reports, and company statements. These documents are included with the report.
Scope:
This report provides, for each of the 8 bills New York Life has taken a position on, the following information:
* Bill name, number, and sponsor.
* Bill summary and status (i.e. whether the bill is in committee, has become law, etc.).
* New York Life's position (support or opposition).
* Date New York Life's position was taken and date it was recorded by MapLight.
* Source document for the support or opposition stance.
Source documents:
Source documents for New York Life's support or opposition stance are authored by:
* ACLI; Capital Standards CEO Letter 2014 (4 pages)
* Alliance to Fight the 40; ALLIANCE TO FIGHT THE 40 APPLAUDS SENATORS HELLER AND HEINRICH FOR INTRODUCING BIPARTISAN SENATE BILL TO REPEAL THE CADILLAC TAX (5 pages)
* Fight the 40; Alliance to Fight the 40 (6 pages)
* Twitter; Support for HR 173 (3 pages)
* Twitter; Thank you! @SenDeanHeller and @MartinHeinrich for leading the effort to repeal the #CadillacTax (3 pages)
* Fight the 40; THE ALLIANCE TO FIGHT THE 40 APPLAUDS REINTRODUCTION OF BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE OF 181 MILLION AMERICANS (6 pages)
* U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Coalition Letter Thanking Senate for Passage of the SECURE Act (5 pages)
Reasons to buy:
* Gauge future potential of New York Life based on whether a bill they support or oppose advances or is defeated in Congress.
* Evaluate the political activity of New York Life, including legislation of interest.
* Understand the reasoning behind New York Life's positions on legislation through content of source documents.
* Learn of other organizations that have taken the same position as New York Life on a bill (other signers).
* Learn of legislation which affects the financial prospects of New York Life.
* Learn whether bills New York Life has supported or opposed have been enacted, defeated, or are still pending.
Topics of legislation:
The bills New York Life has taken a position on cover the following topics: Business & Labor (6), Budget & Economy (4), Health & Welfare (4). The report is 34 pages long, including 7 source documents.
