As the second session of the 112th Congress gets underway ML Strategies has prepared the attached “Outlook for 2012” to provide a sense of what issues the Congress and Federal agencies may undertake this year.

For reading convenience we have grouped issues in the following categories:

•Agriculture

•Budget, Taxes & Appropriations

•Education

•Energy & Environment

•Financial Services

•Health Care

•Immigration

•National Security & Defense

•Telecommunications

•Trade

•Transportation & Infrastructure

Also included a general survey of the upcoming elections in November, which will, of course, heavily influence the agenda on Capitol Hill and in the Executive Branch.