First 60 Days of the Trump Administration: Food and Agriculture Policy
DE Under 3: Biden "Hits the Brakes" on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies in FY 2025 Budget Proposal
DE Under 3: Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget, Congress Keeps Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
DE Under 3: Biden Signed Two-Tiered Continuing Resolution Appropriations Bill Funding Federal Government Through Early Next Year
DE Under 3: JD Supra Readers Choice Award; DE Talk Podcast; Federal Gov't Budget Bill & More
Biden Administration: The First 100 Days and Key Developments to Watch
#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Restrictions Tighten, NYC Fair Chance Act, Biden's Budget - Employment Law This Week®
Podcast: Private Fund Regulatory Update: Post-U.S. Government Shutdown
Jeffrey DeBoer on the intersection of Washington and commercial real estate
Kevin Kelly on Sequestration
Alan Chvotkin on Sequestration
The House of Representatives passed budget reconciliation bill H.R. 1, entitled “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that includes significant changes to the immigration fee structure. As the Senate prepares its version of the...more
On Friday, May 2, President Trump released the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Skinny Budget (“Budget”). Per the release, the Budget reduces nondefense discretionary funding by $163 billion or 23% from the 2025 enacted level, while...more
On Friday, March 14, 2025, the Senate advanced the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (H.R. 1968), a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the federal government until Sept. 30, 2025. The House...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week as the 119th Congress kicks into gear, after formally being sworn in on Friday, January 3. Over the weekend, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced his intent for the House...more
Look Ahead to the Week of June 24: House Continues to Advance Spending Bills - Only the House will be in session this week before leaving town for the July 4 recess, while the Senate has already begun its recess. Both...more
Look Ahead to the Week of April 15: Will Aid for Israel Pass? Both the Senate and House are in session this week. Over the weekend, Iran launched a coordinated attack on Israel in response to an Israeli airstrike on Iran’s...more
Both the Senate and House are in session this week. The House returns from recess beginning with a focus on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires on April 19. Its...more
President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars allocated towards executive branch AI efforts. The budget proposal’s AI-related provisions can be sorted into three...more
Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing,...more
Both the Senate and House are in session this week. House Republicans are returning from their annual retreat with plans to consider legislation that would counter President Biden’s climate policies as well as promote...more
On March 11, 2024, President Biden unveiled his fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request, which includes funding to implement key directives outlined in his extensive executive order regulating artificial intelligence (AI EO)...more
Look Ahead to the Week of March 4: The State of the Union and Government Spending - Both the Senate and House are in session. This week, Congress will attempt to pass the first tranche of government spending bills after...more
Look Ahead to the Week of February 26: A Partial Government Shutdown Looms on Friday - Both the Senate and House return this week, and once again Congress finds itself on the cusp of a partial government shutdown....more
Overview - Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to drive dialogue among policy makers, industry leaders, and the broader public and presents increasing congressionally authorized federal spending opportunities. For decades,...more
Artificial intelligence wins big in President Biden’s FY 2024 budget request with billions in new funding proposed for AI-related research, hardware, software and services at the departments of Defense, Energy, Homeland...more
LEGISLATIVE LOWDOWN - Recess Recap: What happened over the last month in the world of tax? Congress Considers Options to Delay Impending Shutdown. With Congress unable to reach a consensus on appropriations bills for...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Congress is in recess until November. The January 6th Committee will hold a public hearing on Thursday afternoon. Many expect the Committee to release an interim...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Both the House and Senate will be in session this week, after two weeks of recess. The Senate schedule for this week, however, is up in the air given that Senate...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are in recess this week. Once Congress returns after the July 4th recess, leaders aim to reach an agreement on the USICA/COMPETES bill and...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in a committee work period this week, and the Senate is in recess....more
The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA), was passed as part of the consolidated Budget Act for 2022, which also included the telehealth provisions. The definition of “covered entity” in the...more
The Senate is in session this week, and the House has a committee work period. The Senate plans to vote on nominee confirmations, on U.S. Postal Service reform legislation, and on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR)...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - House Passes Stopgap Bill to Prevent Shutdown - The Hill reported that the House passed a stopgap measure to extend federal government funding until March 11, 2022, to prevent a shutdown next week...more
Congressional Update: Debt Limit Crisis and Reconciliation Plans. Both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives were officially out this week, but the U.S. Congress still made some news....more
How are immigration benefits impacted if Congress is unable to agree on a spending bill and the U.S. government shuts down? The general rule is that those services that are essential or fee-funded continue without...more