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Jeffrey DeBoer on the intersection of Washington and commercial real estate
Kevin Kelly on Sequestration
Alan Chvotkin on Sequestration
On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act), that encompasses extensive reforms affecting various sectors of interest to Nossaman...more
On March 9, 2023, President Biden released his budget for Fiscal Year 2024. Similar to proposals in its last budget, the Administration’s new budget proposes a number of major tax increases, including the following:...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
Tax Tidbit - Budget Reconciliation: By the Numbers. Since 1980, Congress has passed 26 budget reconciliation bills, 22 of which have become law. During 11 of those 41 years, Congress did not pass any budget reconciliation...more
On Nov. 3, the House Rules Committee released updated text for the Build Back Better Act, the budget reconciliation bill, which contains President Joe Biden’s human infrastructure and green energy priorities. This latest...more
This morning, President Biden proposed a framework agreement for the Build Back Better Act that contains $1.75 trillion in topline spending and $1.995 trillion in spending offsets (including $400 billion relating to IRS...more
Negotiations Update. After months of negotiation, Democrats appear close to an agreement between the White House, progressives and influential moderate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on budget...more
TAX TIDBIT - Democratic Patience Wearing Thin. Negotiations around the bipartisan infrastructure framework and the partisan budget reconciliation package continue, but little progress appears to have been made in recent...more
Democratic leadership announced today that an agreement has been reached to fund the pending infrastructure and budget reconciliation measures. There does not appear to be any agreement regarding which specific tax measures...more
On August 9, 2021, Senate Democrats released the text of a budget resolution establishing President Biden’s $3.5 trillion economic agenda. The resolution was passed on August 11, 2021 along party lines....more
On May 28, 2021, the Biden administration (the “Administration”) released its FY2022 budget (the “Budget”), which includes proposed investments related to infrastructure, clean energy and research and development. Alongside...more
On Friday, May 28, the Biden administration released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget request (“Budget”) and the following accompanying documents. - Fact Sheet. Six-page summary of various proposals in the Budget. -...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Clark Hill wishes you and yours a happy holiday season. The Window will be on hiatus until the New Year, as our next publication will be on January 2nd unless the news...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess. The Senate recessed last week after leadership reached an agreement to accelerate consideration of multiple juridical nominations in order to depart two weeks earlier...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Senate Appropriations. This week, the Senate will continue debate on the minibus containing the Interior-Environment, Financial Services, Transportation-HUD and Agriculture-FDA...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Minibus on Senate Floor. The Senate is expected to take up a four-bill spending package next week. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - August Recess. Senate Majority Leader McConnell announced last week that the Senate would be cancelling all but the first week of August recess. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess Week. Both the House and Senate are in recess this week. Opioid Legislation. Majority Leader McCarthy has said that the House is planning to consider its expansive...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess Week. The House and Senate are in recess this week and will be back on May 7....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Tax Cuts Part Two. House Republican leadership is continuing to make noise on the possibility of another tax bill with the House Ways and Means Chairman Brady stating that he...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - FY18 Appropriations Work Already Underway. Since the passage of the bipartisan budget deal this past Friday, House and Senate Appropriations Committees have already begun...more
Shutdown Watch: 4 Days. The government will run out of money on Friday if it does not pass another short-term spending bill. Last week it looked like Congress was close to negotiating a short-term continuing resolution that...more
Busy January: Congress has left town with a long list of items that it will need to handle in January and throughout the first quarter of 2018. The continuing resolution that Congress just passed only funds the government...more
Continuing Resolution for an Additional Month or Two Becoming More Likely: Key appropriators say lawmakers have discussed a continuing resolution that runs until early February despite previous reports that Congress expected...more
Hurricane Supplemental Includes $29B for Disaster Aid and Flood Insurance: Of the $29B, the National Flood Insurance Program will receive $16B to pay flood claims. The House plans to pass the bill next week and the Senate the...more