16
Dec
2020
Nobody Wants To Be the Grinch Who Stole the Stimulus
Posted On December 16, 2020  By Aquiles Suarez  And has 2 Comments

Every December, as Congress is wrangling over an omnibus appropriations bill, expiring tax provisions, or some other must-pass legislation, comparisons of party leaders to Dr. Seuss’s Grinch who stole Christmas are common. Over the years, these political attacks have lost some of their power to sway […]

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15
Jul
2020
House Democrats Release Plan to Tackle Climate Change
Posted On July 15, 2020  By Alex Ford  And has No Comment

Last month, Democratic members of a House climate change committee unveiled their blueprint for achieving a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. Nearly two years in the making, the report outlines dozens of recommendations – from emissions reduction targets for buildings, to mandated reductions in food waste – […]

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18
Dec
2019
Breaking the Logjam with USMCA
Posted On December 18, 2019  By Greg Fuller  And has No Comment

Congress has spent most of the last few weeks consumed with impeachment, a topic that’s already swallowed a good portion of the legislative calendar this year.  But even as that process grinds forward and even as lawmakers struggle to pass a 2020 budget, Congress has an […]

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06
Nov
2019
What’s Holding Up a Federal Budget?
Posted On November 6, 2019  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

Could another federal government shutdown be on the way this month? Nobody seems to want that to happen, but nobody can rule it out, either. The federal fiscal year started October 1. But because Congress failed to pass a fiscal year 2020 budget, the federal government […]

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04
Sep
2019
How Congress Can Boost the Economy This Fall
Posted On September 4, 2019  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

Some people say they do their best work under pressure. Hopefully, that’s true for lawmakers in Congress. After a long summer break, both Houses return to Washington next week. Lawmakers will be under pressure, because they’ve left themselves only 13 days when both Houses are in […]

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06
Feb
2019
The End Goal is American Prosperity
Posted On February 6, 2019  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

“The president struck the right tone in his State of the Union on Tuesday night,” said Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) in an address to the NAIOP Board of Directors during their annual meeting on Capitol Hill. “He’s right that more things unite us than divide us, […]

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28
Nov
2018
Washington Begins Preparing for Divided Government in 2019
Posted On November 28, 2018  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

The outgoing Republican-led Congress still has some business to finish before the end of the year. For starters, Congress needs to pass appropriations for the departments of Treasury, Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, State, the Interior, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development by December 7. For his part, […]

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06
Dec
2017
To Stop a Shutdown, Congress Needs to Pass Funding Measure This Week
Posted On December 6, 2017  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

Lawmakers in both houses of Congress have focused most of their attention in recent weeks on passing tax reform. Those efforts have been successful so far, yielding a pair of bills that will now be considered in a conference committee. Meanwhile, though, another concern is looming: […]

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06
Sep
2017
It’s Game Time on Capitol Hill
Posted On September 6, 2017  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, has come and gone, and with that the end of the NFL’s preseason. The real contests – the ones that count, begin now. And as in football, the battles in Congress are about to get very real in September. […]

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19
Jul
2017
The House of Representatives Takes Steps Toward Federalism
Posted On July 19, 2017  By Toby Burke  And has No Comment

This spring, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the creation of a bipartisan Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs with a focus on the intergovernmental relationship between the federal government and states, tribes, and local authorities in managing and administering public […]

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