Last year, Congress wrote and President Obama signed into law the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (the STOCK Act). When the law was enacted, Members of Congress, their staffs, and Executive Branch...more
6/5/2013 - GAO Government Officials Insider Trading Material Nonpublic Information Political Intelligence STOCK Act
In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture & Food - Budget, Appropriations and Sequestration - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...more
4/24/2013 - Barack Obama CFTC CISPA Cybersecurity Data Protection FATCA Federal Budget FHFA Foreclosure Fracking Gun Laws Jacob Lew Oil & Gas Proposed Legislation SEC Sequestration SIFIs Spending Cuts
In This Issue: - General Legislative - Sequestration - Specific Agency Activity - Agriculture & Food - Budget and Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment -...more
3/6/2013 - Department of Transportation DOE EPA FAA Highways Sequestration Spending Cuts
In This Issue: - General Legislative - Sequestration - Agriculture & Food - Budget and Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Financial Services - Health Care -...more
2/27/2013 - CFTC CMS Cybersecurity EU-US Trade Farms Federal Budget Federal Reserve GRId System IOSCO Manufacturers MedPAC NIST Oil & Gas Renewable Energy Renewable Fuel Secretary of Defense Secretary of State Sequestration Student Loans Ways and Means Committee Workforce Investment Act
In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture & Food - Budget, Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...more
1/25/2013 - Air Quality Standards Al-Qaeda CFPB CMS Cybersecurity Debt Ceiling DHS Disaster Aid Energy Drinks FATCA Foreign Relations Fracking Gun Laws HIPAA HITECH Nuclear Power Qualified Mortgage Rule Wind Power
THE LEGISLATION - Following a day of tumultuous House Republican caucus deliberations, at 11:00 pm, the House passed The American Tax Relief Act of 2012, a cliffhanger deal negotiated by Vice President Biden and Senate...more
1/8/2013 - Alternative Minimum Tax American Taxpayer Relief Act Budget Control Act of 2011 Capital Gains Dividends Estate Tax Farm Bill Fiscal Cliff Income Taxes Medicare Taxes Payroll Taxes Pease Limitation PEP Sequestration Tax Extensions
GETTING TO A VOTE - An agreement has been reached between the White House and Senate Republicans, but how the House handles it may depend on the Senate vote dynamic. Vice President Biden briefed the Senate Democratic...more
1/7/2013 - Fiscal Cliff
ZEROING IN ON A DEAL - Vice President Biden and Senate Republican Leader McConnell are close to reaching a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. Discussions between the two began late yesterday afternoon and have...more
1/5/2013 - Alternative Minimum Tax Bush-Era Tax Cuts Farm Bill Fiscal Cliff Income Taxes Medicare Taxes Tax Extensions
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS - - The President and Congressional leaders met Friday at the White House at 3:00 pm in an attempt to strike a last-minute deal. - Today’s meeting, which lasted about an hour, was attended...more
1/4/2013 - Alternative Minimum Tax Barack Obama Bush-Era Tax Cuts Fiscal Cliff Harry Reid Income Taxes John Boehner Mitch McConnell
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