Today, Jennifer Granholm was confirmed as secretary of energy, winning US Senate approval by a 64–35 vote. Granholm’s confirmation serves as another boost to President Joe Biden’s plan to tackle climate change and develop...more
On December 11, 2020, and by a veto-proof majority, the US Senate joined the House of Representatives in passing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes the Corporate Transparency Act (the...more
America’s brewers, distillers and wineries cannot yet raise a glass to recalibrated federal excise taxes, but they got one step closer to be able to do that on Tuesday.
That is because the provisions of the Craft Beverage...more
On January 3, 2017, in one of the first acts of the US House of Representatives on the first day of the 115th Congress, the House took an action that ought to send a shiver up the spine of any business executive or any other...more
In This Issue:
- The President’s Plan for Securing Cyberspace
- The President’s Plan for Safeguarding American Consumers and Families
- Conclusion
- Excerpt from The President’s Plan for Securing...more
As the now-lame-duck U.S. Congress convenes for its final legislative session of 2014, the 114th U.S. Congress is gearing up for action. Officeholders on both sides of the aisle are preparing for the shift to Republican...more
This On the Subject outlines why hospitals and financial services and communications companies should pay attention to the recent executive order entitled “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.”...more
An analysis of the year-end fiscal negotiations and their consequences.
As the United States rapidly approached the “fiscal cliff,” negotiations between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)...more