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Kevin Kelly on Sequestration
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Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly defense news update. We are pleased to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments. If you would like additional information on anything...more
With a dire warning that “[t]ax shelter promoters are watching,” a group of U.S. Senators is questioning a significant decline in Internal Revenue Service investigations of abusive tax schemes as reported in IRS Criminal...more
Congress has approved full fiscal year 2026 funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The bill provides an overall increase in the HUD budget and preserves funding for several affordable housing...more
The four-day partial government shutdown – which did not impact the Internal Revenue Service – ended yesterday after the House passed, and the President signed, a funding package approved by the Senate just prior to the...more
A partial government shutdown began on January 31 after appropriations lapsed for the Departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security (DHS), Housing and Urban Development, Labor, State,...more
This week, federal agencies prepare for a partial government shutdown as the Senate advances an appropriations agreement that, if passed, will move to the House for consideration, and CMS released a final rule that tightens...more
As legislators face a January 30 government funding deadline, the House has passed legislation that would further erode the Internal Revenue Service’s annual budget and negatively impact federal tax enforcement. The House...more
On Jan. 15, 2026, the White House released a fact sheet outlining healthcare priorities (the Fact Sheet) and calling on Congress to turn those priorities into law. Congress is also including a health policy package in...more
Early on January 20, 2026, the House Appropriations Committee released the 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes the last of the 12 fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills: Labor-Health and Human Services...more
The U.S. Senate is out of session this week, and all action is expected to take place in the U.S. House of Representatives following the release of a package containing the final four appropriations bills. The text of the...more
Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. ...more
2026 is here, and it is likely to be as busy as 2025. We start the year with a packed congressional agenda this month centered on potentially addressing the December 31, 2025, expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...more
On November 12, the House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution (CR) that was subsequently signed by President Trump to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The CR opens the government after 43...more
A historic funding contraction will test companies and investors across healthcare and life sciences — reshaping markets, margins, and business models....more
Many healthcare programs are extended for specific time periods, as short as one or two years or as long as 10, and are usually attached to a larger piece of must-pass legislation....more
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, recently delivered the Liberal Party’s first federal budget under Prime Minister Mark Carney (Budget 2025). Budget 2025, as delivered on...more
The 2025 Federal Budget (Budget 2025) introduced a number of business income tax measures aimed at stimulating investment and accelerating the transition to a clean economy. Key initiatives include temporary immediate...more
Two themes of the November 4, 2025 federal budget were the deployment of technology to make government services more cost-effective and the reduction of regulatory red tape that slows private investment. On November 3, 2025,...more
Congressional leaders are actively working to determine the path forward on fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations as the Jan. 30, 2026, continuing resolution (CR) deadline approaches. This Holland & Knight alert gives an...more
The United States government has officially reopened through a new continuing resolution (CR) and funding package, approved by the House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump. This CR funds the government until...more
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing,...more
The Canadian Federal Budget (Budget 2025),1 released on November 4, 2025, contained several proposals of interest to companies that explore for minerals in Canada. Specifically, several of these proposals directly relate to...more
Government shutdown ends. President Trump signed the bill to reopen the government and reinstate expired health extenders on November 12, 2025....more
On the evening of Nov. 12, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 5371 – Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, ending the record-breaking...more