On June 28th, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron Doctrine. The 6-3 decision was anticipated. But its breadth marks the Court’s opinion as a modern-day Marbury v. Madison....more
7/24/2024
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As the United States Senate considered H.R. 3684, the “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation In America Act (INVEST in America Act)”, an attempt to modify legislative language concerning...more
8/18/2021
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The Senate passed a version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that differs significantly from the House-passed bill but still contains several similar proposals that lower individual and business tax rates, completely revamp the...more
12/5/2017
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On November 9, the Senate released the Joint Committee on Taxation, Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” which summarizes the Senate’s version of a “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” bill (the “Senate...more
The Senate Finance Committee Chairman’s Mark for the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” released Nov. 9, describes in detail the Senate tax bill and is significantly different than the House bill, as it currently stands....more
11/14/2017
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On January 13th, Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 3) which included reconciliation instructions for the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means and the Senate Committees...more
3/15/2017
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its cost estimate of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as reported by the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce. CBO estimates that AHCA would reduce federal...more
3/14/2017
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On Wednesday, members of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide some welcome relief to hospitals who had already invested resources to develop new provider-based...more