Category: Policy Updates/Issue News
Policy Updates and Issue News December 2022
Washington Overview Congress Passes Government Funding As 2022 and the 117th Congress came to a close in late December, after lengthy negotiations Democrats and Republicans agreed on a final bipartisan compromise in the form of a $1.7 trillion omnibus government funding bill. In doing so, Congress was able to avoid a government shutdown for another … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News December 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News November 2022
Washington Overview Midterm Elections On November 8th, voters across America took to the polls to vote in the 2022 midterm elections. Despite the expectations of pundits, after all the votes were counted Democrats were able to maintain their control of the Senate, and potentially gain a seat pending a runoff election in Georgia, while Republicans … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News November 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News October 2022
Washington Overview Elections Fast Approaching Washington has been quiet in October with both the House and Senate out of town for the majority of the month campaigning for the midterm election on November 8th. Control of both the House and Senate are up for grabs with tight races across the nation. The results of the … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News October 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News September 2022
Washington Overview Congress Avoids Government Shutdown In late September, Congress was able to pass a continuing resolution extending government funding through December 16th thereby avoiding an imminent government shutdown which would have begun on September 30th. Along with continued government funding, the bill included an additional $12 billion in aid to Ukraine, millions of dollars … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News September 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News August 2022
Washington Overview Inflation Reduction Act Becomes Law On August 16th, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, marking the completion of a lengthy effort by Democrats in the House and Senate to pass a bill addressing their climate and spending priorities. As outlined in greater detail in last month’s newsletter, the … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News August 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News July 2022
Washington Overview CHIPS Bill Moves After months of negotiations between both parties and chambers of Congress, the Senate and House were at last able to pass a final version of the $280 billion CHIPS Act which would fund domestic semiconductor manufacturing and high-tech research. Over the past few months, the package has varied dramatically in … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News July 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News June 2022
Washington Overview Bipartisan Gun Bill Passes On June 24th, Congress passed a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing a variety of challenges related to gun violence. The bipartisan bill is one of the first significant bills passed to address gun violence in decades, which came as a result of serious compromise efforts made by a group … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News June 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News May 2022
Washington Overview Primary Season Heats Up As Spring turns to Summer, many states are currently holding primary elections for the Fall midterms. In both the month of June and the month of August 15 different states will hold their primaries, meaning that many elected officials are turning their focus more towards winning reelection at home … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News May 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News April 2022
Washington Overview Competition/Supply Chain Bill Moves Forward In April, Congress formally created a conference committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill designed to tackle supply chain issues and focus on areas of competition between the US and China. The bill as it stands is an omnibus bill including a … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News April 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News March 2022
Washington Overview Supreme Court Nominee Moves Forward Following a series of tumultuous hearings, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is poised to successfully be confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Senate Majority Leader has announced his intention to move Jackson’s nomination through the Senate early next week as she … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News March 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News February 2022
Washington Overview Congressional Funding Delayed Again Democratic and Republican Congressional leadership again failed to agree to a long-term government funding bill, but averted a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution extending current funding levels to March 11th. Key issues which continue to be at dispute include matching increases in funding for social programs with … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News February 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News January 2022
Washington Overview Democracy Reform Comes to a Head With President Biden’s Build Back Better bill stalled following Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) December statement that he would not support the bill as written, Democrats in Congress spent January moving onto other topics (though negotiations on how to resurrect Build Back Better are ongoing). In early January, … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News January 2022”
Policy Updates and Issue News December 2021
Washington Overview Manchin Opposes Build Back Better Act Shortly following the end of the congressional session for 2021, on Saturday December 18, 2021, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), the most conservative Democratic Senator, made the surprising declaration that he would not vote for the Build Back Better Act. The $1.75 trillion bill, which includes spending on … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News December 2021”
Policy Updates and Issue News November 2021
Washington Overview Government Shutdown Avoided This past week Democrats and Republicans in Congress were able to narrowly avoid a looming government shutdown which would have begun at midnight on Friday, December 3rd. Originally, Democrats had intended to pass a continuing resolution extending government funding early in the week after a deal on votes for various … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News November 2021”
Policy Updates and Issue News October 2021
Washington Overview Infrastructure and Social Spending Bills Move Forward After months of debate, the end is finally in sight for two of President Biden’s signature legislative items – the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and a larger $1.75 trillion Democratic reconciliation bill which includes a hodge-podge of climate and social spending. While the bipartisan infrastructure … Continue reading “Policy Updates and Issue News October 2021”
