Following the results of the 2024 elections, Republicans will have unified control of the federal government with President-Elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, and the seating of the 119th Congress on Jan. 3,...more
A group of four bipartisan senators known as the Bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Working Group (Working Group) on May 15, 2024, released "Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for...more
5/21/2024
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President Joe Biden on Oct. 30, 2023, signed an expansive, 111-page Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO) in response to the administration's growing concerns...more
11/2/2023
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Efforts to pass federal permitting reform heated up in the previous Congress and continue to be a top priority, with Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives kicking off their agenda with the Lower Energy Costs Act...more
6/6/2023
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When the 118th Congress convenes in January 2023, congressional activity on energy, environment and climate issues is expected to change dramatically as a result of the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8, 2022. With results now...more
The 2020 elections and the ensuing Georgia runoffs for the last two U.S. senate seats resulted in a Senate evenly split between 50 Democrats (including 2 Independents who caucus with Democrats) and 50 Republicans, with Vice...more
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Senate's 2021 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 5) on Feb. 5, 2021, laying the groundwork for the budget reconciliation process. Created by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,...more
President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021, bringing an ambitious list of legislative priorities to the 117th Congress, including COVID-19 relief and economic...more