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Beltway Buzz - January 2023 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/23/2023

Union Membership Decreases. The percentage of workers who are union members dropped to 10.1 percent in 2022 from 10.3 percent in 2021, according to data released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In the...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/9/2023

The 118th Congress Is Here. Sort of. As required by the U.S. Constitution, the 118th Congress gaveled in on January 3, 2023. If there was any hope that a new year would bring new competence and cooperation within the U.S....more

Beltway Buzz - October 2020 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/9/2020

Economic Stimulus Negotiations End. Again. With the current acrimony between Republicans and Democrats at a significant low point, the Buzz did not exactly go out on a limb last week in predicting that there would not be a...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2020 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2020

It’s Fun to Stay at the USMCA. On January 29, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). Now the trade agreement takes off to the Great White North (it’s a beauty way to go). Your...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2020

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/13/2020

2020 Preview. -= Federal lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C., this week to kick off the second session of the 116th Congress. With national political elections 10 months away, the policy debates will be amplified, and...more

Beltway Buzz - March 2019

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/4/2019

Paycheck Fairness Act Advances. On February 26, 2019, the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor voted, along party lines, to approve the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA). Republican amendments to limit attorneys’ fees and to...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2019

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/7/2019

2019 Ushers in the 116th Congress. Happy 2019 from Washington, D.C., where January 3 marked the start of the 116th Congress (now under new management). As the Buzz has discussed in recent weeks, Representative Bobby Scott...more

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