Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published when Congress is in session.
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• The House plans to vote on a contempt resolution against Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published when Congress is in session.
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• President Trump is headed to Europe, where he will meet with Queen Elizabeth II, outgoing British Prime Minister...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published when Congress is in session.
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• President Donald Trump will meet with Democratic congressional leaders to discuss infrastructure....more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published when Congress is in session.
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• The House will take up a legislative package aiming to shore up the Affordable Care Act and address prescription...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published when Congress is in session.
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• Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is scheduled to visit Washington, but President Donald Trump’s Twitter threats to raise...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published when Congress is in session.
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• Congress returns this week from a two-week recess, with the House continuing to showcase Democrats’ legislative...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published when Congress is in session.
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• Prescription drug costs will be back in the spotlight as the Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing focused on...more
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BakerHostetler on Tuesday will host our 30th Annual Legislative Seminar, with members of the House and Senate from both sides of the aisle discussing the current policy and political environment....more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published each week when Congress is in session.
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• Washington is consumed with reaction to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report to the Justice...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published each week when Congress is in session.
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• The Trump administration will release its fiscal year 2020 budget request, a largely symbolic document...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published each week when Congress is in session.
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• The House will take up H.R. 1, a broad measure addressing voting rights, campaign finance and government...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published each week when Congress is in session.
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• President Donald Trump will travel to Vietnam for his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published each week when Congress is in session.
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Negotiations over border security legislation have stalled, casting doubt on government funding beyond this...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published each week when Congress is in session.
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Delayed because of the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump will deliver the State of the...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, published each week when Congress is in session.
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Furloughed federal employees are returning to work for at least three weeks after President Trump signed a...more
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• The 116th Congress convenes for its first full week of session, with no end in sight to a standoff over border wall funding that has shut down about one-quarter of the government since before Christmas....more
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Congress and President Donald Trump have until Friday night to end a standoff over his demands for border wall funding before a partial government shutdown, with no resolution in sight....more
HEADLINES • President Donald Trump on Tuesday will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to discuss funding for a wall along the Mexican border and try to avert a...more
HEADLINES • Congress continues its lame-duck session after last week’s Thanksgiving recess and with only eight legislative days ahead before funding for nearly 40 percent of the government expires....more
House Democrats will use their majority next year to push comprehensive legislation to increase infrastructure spending and transportation-related taxes to help pay for it. In fact, key Democrats say they want to move a bill...more
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Congress returns for its lame-duck session as Democrats look toward taking control of the House agenda in January. Democrats won a net gain of nearly 40 seats in last week’s midterm election, though the size of...more
House Democrats are preparing an aggressive oversight agenda in the 116th Congress, and their most intense assault could be on the Trump administration’s energy and environmental agenda....more
HEADLINES • After the partisan fight over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Senate this week will take up a water infrastructure bill and then consider nominees to Executive Branch agencies....more
Highlights this week: The Senate will give the final OK to opioids legislation, HHS gets full-year funding for the first time in forever, new bipartisan legislation would allow FDA to update labels on older generic drugs, and...more
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• All eyes remain on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, as the FBI proceeds with its one-week investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct....more