Nota Bene Podcast Episode 134: U.S. Q3 Check In: Infrastructure Bill Updates and Big Tech Antitrust with Elizabeth Frazee and Chani Wiggins
The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Healthcare Priorities and Landscape
Crystal Ball Perspective: Will Healthcare Reform be Repealed if Romney Wins the Presidential Election?
The Cozen Lens - •If either party sweeps control of the federal government in November, pressure will be high to reform the filibuster. •The embrace of populism among Democrats and Republicans has made antitrust...more
Earlier today, the White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request to Congress. Overall, it proposes $7.3 trillion in total spending, including a proposed $895 billion for defense and approximately $621 billion...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The Senate returns from its August recess today. While the House is in recess until next week, several committees will hold remote hearings. In September, Congress...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess until Labor Day. Once they return, they will have a packed to-do list ahead of the November elections, which may include...more
The following alert provides a high level update to the August 4 Akin Gump comprehensive section-by-section report, which was published before the Senate vote-a-rama and final Senate passage. This update is being published...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. After a busy weekend voting on the reconciliation bill, the Senate is now in recess through Labor Day. The House, in recess since late July, returns this week on...more
On Sunday afternoon – after an all-night vote-a-rama on Republican amendments – Senate Democrats finally succeeded in passing their budget reconciliation package. Its scope and price tag are significantly reduced from when it...more
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) shocked Washington, D.C. when they announced an agreement around a budget reconciliation package that includes clean energy and health care provisions and tax reform. The...more
The House has left for August recess, but the Senate remains in session. Senate Democrats will attempt to pass their budget reconciliation package after a massive breakthrough last week, when Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in recess this week, though the Senate is in session with an expected busy agenda this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is currently leading a...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week, and they are gearing up for a busy calendar crunch ahead of their August recess, which begins on July 29 and August...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. They will continue efforts this week to pass a scaled-back version of the China competition legislation, which includes $52 billion in incentives for semiconductors, an...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are in session this week. The House plans to take up an FY23 appropriations minibus this week in addition to a handful of natural resources,...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Both the House and Senate will be in session this week, after two weeks of recess. The Senate schedule for this week, however, is up in the air given that Senate...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are in recess this week. Once Congress returns after the July 4th recess, leaders aim to reach an agreement on the USICA/COMPETES bill and...more
The White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request on Monday. Overall, it proposes $5.8 trillion in total spending, including a proposed $813 billion for defense and about $769 billion in non-defense...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House plans to vote on bills related to the postal service, foreign affairs, and sexual assault and...more
Tax Tidbit - Budget Reconciliation: By the Numbers. Since 1980, Congress has passed 26 budget reconciliation bills, 22 of which have become law. During 11 of those 41 years, Congress did not pass any budget reconciliation...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Their to-do list includes continuing their work on FY22 appropriations, the reconciliation bill, election reform,...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess this week. Once they return, they will continue their work on FY22 appropriations, the reconciliation bill, election reform,...more
After negotiating for months with the White House and congressional Democratic leaders, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Sunday announced he would not vote for the Build Back Better Act (BBBA)—the $2.4 trillion reconciliation...more
Despite the recent news from Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) that he will not support the President’s “Build Back Better” (BBB) legislation, the Biden Administration (Administration) continues to move forward with its regulatory...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week for votes on nominations (Senate only), the debt limit (both chambers), and the FY22 National Defense Authorization...more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. Last week, the House and Senate passed legislation to facilitate an increase in the debt ceiling, which has teed up a vote for final passage this week. Senate Majority...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Congress is working to finalize numerous issues before the holidays, including addressing the debt limit and...more