Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector
Nota Bene Episode 90: U.S. Q3 Check In: Stimulus, Relief, Election, and Direction with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer
Former Congressman Peter Roskam, who leads BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team, provides listeners with a front-row seat to the most important policy and political debates in Congress. In this episode of “The Cloakroom with...more
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a budget reconciliation bill introduced by House Republicans, by a 215-214 vote. The bill extends key provisions of...more
Provision in House-passed “reconciliation” bill would bar states and localities from enforcing laws or regulations on AI models - With an eye on Europe’s heavy regulation of AI Systems, the proliferation of US state bills and...more
Congress calls JB Pritzker to testify on immigrant policy - “Gov. JB Pritzker is one of three Democratic governors being called to testify before the same congressional committee that called Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to...more
On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) of the House Appropriations Committee issued guidance to House Members on submitting requests for programmatic language and Community Project Funding requests for fiscal...more
While the campaigns for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Ohio Supreme Court, and to a lesser extent the Ohio General Assembly will dominate media attention, we still anticipate activity at the Statehouse....more
Closing out Week 14 of the 2023 Legislative Session - As we head into week 15 of the legislative session, the House Ways and Means committee is continuing work on determining alternative funding mechanisms for the Senate...more
After a week of hearings on Governor Kemp’s proposals for the Amended FY23 and FY24 budgets, legislators returned to the State Capitol on Monday for Legislative Day 5…and more budget hearings. The House is wasting no time...more
Today’s work, as lawmakers close on the sixth week since the session’s opening, focused on local legislative initiatives in the House while there was more variety of subjects taken up by the Senate. There was also a pause of...more
The General Assembly marked another day off the legislative calendar on Tuesday, and opossums and raccoons moved one step closer to being knocked off any time of the year in Georgia. HB 1147, allowing year-round hunting of...more
The floors of the House and Senate were unusually active on Monday compared to a typical Fifth Legislative Day. Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) welcomed Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to address his chamber amidst the...more
The eleventh week brought a steady bustle around the Capitol as we head into the next important legislative deadline, the second and final funnel ends on Friday, April 2. In order for bills to continue to be considered by the...more
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Democrats on March 11, 2021, reintroduced a signature infrastructure package, the Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act, or LIFT America Act (H.R. 1848) to modernize U.S....more
Government officials in both Raleigh and Washington have started work in 2021. In Raleigh, the Council of State, which includes Gov. Roy Cooper, has taken office, and the North Carolina General Assembly has started its...more
As the results of last week’s election come into sharper focus, the Massachusetts political landscape is set, and a new congressional delegation is preparing for the 117th Congress. While the Commonwealth’s...more
The U.S. privacy law scene continues to become more complex. In the lead-up to the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) January 1, 2020 effective date, at least seven additional states have pending comprehensive privacy...more
This week both the House and Senate held hearings kicking off the legislative process for federal privacy legislation. Legislators from both parties voiced support for comprehensive and bipartisan legislation. ...more
With two weeks left to go before the first legislative funnel (information on the funnel process in last week’s blog post), progress was made on both the policy and appropriations fronts. Floor work is heating up in both...more
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced it will host a hearing on consumer privacy on February 27. The hearing will focus on the principles that should be included in any federal data...more
The dust has settled. In the next Congress beginning early 2019, Democrats will take control of the House, and Republicans have expanded their majority in the Senate. The split government undoubtedly will make many...more
As many predicted, Democrats recaptured the House for the first time in eight years in yesterday’s midterm elections, while Republicans retained and strengthened their grip on the Senate. That will lead to a dynamic in...more
Despite 2018 being a “blue moon” election cycle, North Carolina experienced near-record voter turnout for yesterday’s election. Once in a “blue moon,” North Carolina does not have any marquee, statewide races on the...more
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Brady introduced the much anticipated House Tax Reform Bill – The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The bill is 429 pages, so it will take a little time to digest all the key provisions. ...more