For many, the Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer. For those elected officials in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, the return to the nation’s capital from the Memorial Day congressional recess is the bell signaling the final lap in the race to pass legislation before the politics of a midterm […]
Twice a year, at the annual Forums Symposium and again at CRE.Converge, NAIOP’s government affairs staff meets with a number of NAIOP’s National Forums for purposes of updating members on current issues in Congress, the status of our federal advocacy efforts, challenges faced by the industry on the state and local level, and on issues […]
Last month the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule designed to increase transparency and standardize the information that public corporations disclose regarding climate-related risks. To a great extent, the SEC’s action tracks what has already been happening at major corporations, many of which have publicly committed to ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) […]
Five primary factors will shape this November’s midterm elections. Each has varying degrees of importance, but all solidly affect President Joe Biden’s approval ratings, which influences how people will vote, said Larry Sabato, Ph.D., political prognosticator, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, and founder and director of the University of Virginia Center for […]
Anyone who has been following the ongoing saga of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda in Congress is well aware of the deep divisions between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic party on key elements of that agenda. Progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives have been holding up a vote on the $1.2 […]
Even by Washington’s standards, the level of political theater surrounding President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda on infrastructure, climate and expansion of government social spending programs has been extraordinary. The same can be said about the ongoing debate over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, with even more serious implications for the global economy if Congress fails […]
Democrats in Congress are currently debating President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion human infrastructure plan which will probably include one of the largest tax increases in generations. Both Republicans and Democrats know that this will be a major issue in next year’s midterm elections, with Republicans expecting it will benefit them politically. While votes taken by […]
While NAIOP has a wide-ranging government affairs agenda, the two hottest areas of focus right now are the bipartisan infrastructure deal, which accounts for $1 trillion in “physical infrastructure,” and the budget reconciliation bill, which allocates $3.5 trillion toward “human infrastructure.” At NAIOP’s I.CON West last week in Long Beach, California, NAIOP Senior Vice President […]
