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Legislative Update: Following Recess, Congress Works to Avoid Shutdown

Senate and House Try to Avoid a Shutdown After the August recess, lawmakers are back in session with a packed agenda and little time for action on FY...

Legislative Update: GOP Eyes Tax Reform for 2025, Lawmakers Challenge Biden’s Power Plant Regulations

GOP Eyes Ambitious Tax and Regulatory Reforms for 2025 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled on June 12 an ambitious legislative plan for...

Legislative Update: Gov. Heads Toward Shutdown Once Again, Farm Bill Date Slides to December

House Passes Interior-Environment Appropriations with Amendment to Curb EPA’s Flawed Chemical Risk Assessment Program The House passed (213-203)...

Legislative Update: House Convenes with Rocky Start But Starting to Take Shape

After 15 rounds of votes and contentious negotiations with a bloc of Republican members of the House Freedom Caucus, Kevin McCarthy (R- CA) is now...

Legislative Update: House Faces Appropriations Stalemate, EPA Designates Vinyl Chloride

Vinyl Chloride Among Chemicals Targeted in EPA’s New High-Priority Designations  On July 25, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Legislative Update: House GOP Chooses New Speaker, Path for Farm Bill Still Uncertain

House GOP Chooses Mike Johnson as Speaker Amidst Leadership Shuffle The House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the 56th Speaker...

Legislative Update: House Passes Bipartisan Tax Bill Passes Despite a Divided Congress

The House passed a $78 billion tax bill on January 31 that boosts the child tax credit and reinstates business deductions that were rescinded during...

Legislative Update: House Republicans Look for New Leadership, But Future is Uncertain

House Republicans Seek New Leadership House Republicans chose Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) as their candidate for speaker in a secret ballot,...