19
Apr
2017
While Waiting for Tax Reform, Do Not Overlook Recent Victories
Posted On April 19, 2017  By Bruce A. Johnson  And has 1 Comment

Congress is in the middle of a two-week spring recess, after having spent the first three and a half months discussing different tax reform ideas and speculating about how the Trump White House and Senate Republicans will approach several controversial proposals contained in the House GOP’s […]

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22
Dec
2016
Tax Discussions Begin a Period of Major Risk for Real Estate Industry
Posted On December 22, 2016  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Last Wednesday and Thursday, Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX), the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee with jurisdiction over tax reform, met with his Republican colleagues on the committee to flesh out the details of comprehensive tax reform legislation he plans to introduce soon after […]

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16
Mar
2016
Congress Continues Down the Road to Comprehensive Tax Reform
Posted On March 16, 2016  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

For some time now, NAIOP has been consistent in advising its membership that Congress would pursue comprehensive tax reform, despite the political hurdles that such an endeavor faces. With the unpredictability (some would say lunacy) of the presidential race as it currently stands, it is easy […]

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06
Jan
2016
What to Expect in 2016 on Capitol Hill
Posted On January 6, 2016  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and author of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, likes to warn his readers that “those who live by the crystal ball wind up eating ground glass.” As we begin a new year, it is with that […]

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17
Dec
2015
NAIOP’s Public Policy Agenda at Year’s End
Posted On December 17, 2015  By Aquiles Suarez  And has 1 Comment

As we approach the end of 2015 – and with it, the adjournment of Congress for the year – it is appropriate to review the progress and state of NAIOP’s public policy agenda in our nation’s capital. In a divided government, with a Republican legislature and […]

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