A Brief Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Impact of the Election on the CFPB: What to Expect on Key Regulatory Issues During Trump 2.0
The Congressional Review Act – A Critical Tool for the New Administration
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Post-Election Insights: Impacts on the Banking and Consumer Financial Services Industry
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part II
President Donald Trump has issued a presidential memorandum, which has the effect of an Executive Order, titled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review“ (the Regulatory Freeze). This Regulatory Freeze puts a hold on new agency...more
“President Trump is seen above all else as a disruptor hell-bent on upsetting the established ways of governing. However, even disruption itself has to follow a process in Washington.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen O’Connor...more
Republicans will soon find themselves in in control of the entire federal government—the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives—for the first time since 2018. This new power dynamic in Washington has already...more
The historic US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) public comment period for marijuana's proposed rescheduling to Schedule III ended on July 22, 2024. Nearly 43,000 comments were submitted, which was the most comments ever...more
July 22, marked the end of the historic DEA public comment period for marijuana’s proposed rescheduling to Schedule III. Industry engagement was strong, and thanks to the efforts of advocacy organizations, industry...more
As we at Budding Trends reported last week, the DEA is set to finally accept the recommendation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the...more
The upcoming election, and the approaching end of the President’s four-year term, introduce additional dynamics into the agencies’ rulemaking process and even the guidance process. From now through the November election, the...more
While congressional debate and action will focus on aid to Israel this week, committees will continue to move forward their health agendas via hearings. The House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Change Healthcare...more
Infrastructure Plan Scuttlebutt. With Congress not returning to Washington, D.C., until next week, the White House’s American Jobs Plan proposal is still driving much of the political discussion in town this week. Of course,...more
With Democrats having slight majorities in the House and Senate and Joe Biden in the White House, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) becomes an available tool to potentially vacate certain regulations that the outgoing Trump...more
On Aug. 1, 2018, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor and Treasury jointly issued the Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Final Rule. The rule is the second of three regulations resulting from...more
Washington saw a flurry of bipartisan activity over the last few weeks. Most notably, Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a long-awaited deal on sequestration budget caps. The compromise, announced on February 7 as...more
President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office on January 20, 2017, ushering in a new balance of power in Washington and what is expected to be a dramatically different era of workplace policy. On his first day in office,...more
Before we all turn our full attention to the nominations of Representative Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and policy consultant Seema Verma to lead CMS, we need to remember that there are still...more