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H.R.1—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)—contains several provisions that directly affect employer-provided benefit programs, primarily health and welfare programs....more
Rescissions rescissions - Congressional focus this week is on the rescissions package and appropriations. The rescissions bill has a July 18 deadline to reach the president’s desk for signature. The bill is pending in the...more
Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session....more
President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bill (H.R.1.), dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Bill), nearly put a decade-long pause on state and local government AI regulation within the United States (the...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), established under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970, seeks to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers in the United States by...more
One of many provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, would place a 10-year “temporary pause” on states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). Initially called a...more
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that a key Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Banking Committee) provision that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB cannot be included in the massive budget reconciliation...more
On Friday, May 30, the Trump administration released the Technical Supplement to the 2026 Budget (“Appendix”). The appendix follows the May 2 release of the president’s recommendations on discretionary funding levels for...more
The huge FY26 budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” contains provisions that would slash CFPB spending....more
Gov. Shapiro Fights to Restore Funding for PA Farmers, Food Banks - Governor Josh Shapiro (D) is challenging the Trump administration’s cancellation of a program that funds Pennsylvania farmers supplying food banks, arguing...more
The House Financial Services Committee has approved its part of the massive budget bill, saving some $1 billion by, among other things, slashing the CFPB’s budget by more than 60%....more
Among the flurry of activity in the first 100 days of the new Trump Administration, with its policy priorities making their way through the legislative process, there is also the consistent, annual federal funding process...more
On April 2, 2025, and April 8, 2025, respectively, the Senate’s special subcommittee and House emergency committee met to receive updates on how federal layoffs and budget reductions are impacting Virginia’s residents and...more
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more
"Democrats are struggling with how and when to resist President Donald Trump’s agenda. And it doesn’t help their cause that Trump is unifying the House GOP’s own notoriously fractious caucus.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen...more
Both chambers are in session this week, although the House will pause its voting schedule so members can travel on Wednesday for the funeral of Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)....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
This Friday is the deadline to pass a budget or enter a government shutdown. The House released a continuing resolution (CR) over the weekend and is scheduled to be in session only until Wednesday. The House Rules Committee...more
Both chambers are in session this week, although the House is scheduled to leave early to accommodate the House Democrats’ annual policy retreat. The focus this week will be on preventing a government shutdown, with federal...more
The early days of the Trump Administration have featured a wide range of actions related to federal spending. This has included payment pauses, contract and grant terminations or reevaluations, lease terminations, changes in...more
The Senate is in session this week, but the House is in recess. It is anticipated that the Senate may begin floor work on its budget resolution this week, culminating in a “vote-a-rama,” which is a series of votes on...more
Within approximately 48 hours, starting on the evening of Friday, February 7, 2025, the trajectory of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was significantly altered. Among other things, a new acting director was...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. On Friday, the Senate introduced its own budget resolution, which establishes a path for reconciliation that permits the upper chamber to sidestep its 60-vote requirement...more
A new acting director. Freezes on any rulemaking, enforcement, or supervisory activities. Attempts to dismantle the department from within. In the span of a short forty-eight hours, the CFPB has faced possibly the greatest...more
Executive orders, funding freezes, and what’s next for federal disbursements - In his first week in office, President Trump issued a record number of executive orders (EOs) and key executive memorandums, setting new federal...more