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The White House is continuing last-minute attempts to change the course of the negotiations including announcing details of a revised $1.75 trillion framework for Biden’s Build Back Better Plan that he hopes will gain the support of all Democrats The biggest piece would be $555 billion for clean energy and climate investments but not the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), which Sen. Manchin opposed.

The House of Representatives on Oct. 12 voted 219-206 on party lines to pass a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, which will permit the Treasury to borrow money to […]

Held annually on the First Friday of October, MFG Day 2021 was officially observed on October 1. The occasion, however, usually extends into a month-long affair, marked by a series […]

Virgin Resin Tax Congressional efforts to pass a 20-cent per pound tax on virgin plastic resin continue to threaten the vinyl and plastics-related industries throughout the supply chain and eventually […]

Earlier this week, nearly 50 executives from across the vinyl value chain gathered virtually to meet with Members of Congress (MOCs) to discuss several key issues that resonate across the […]

Right now, we’re battling the notion that a plastic-free future equates to an environmentally friendly one, but that’s simply not the case. Globally, we may have a plastic waste problem, […]

Reconciliation Package The House Committees spent an intense couple of weeks unveiling and marking up the draft text for the $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better Act” budget reconciliation package (S. […]

Congress is now entering the “September Sprint” as we approach the Labor Day holiday. While many members are still in their home states during August recess, there is plenty still […]