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Early policy headlines this week are focused on the fallout from the Administration’s decision to enact tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, which will reportedly be finalized this week. President Trump tweeted about the decision numerous times over the weekend and suggested in a message this morning that the tariffs are linked with the ongoing […]

The Week in Review As high-level negotiations on an omnibus spending bill continue off the floor, both the House and Senate met last week and advanced financial services bills and judicial nominations, respectively. Specifically, House lawmakers passed a measure (H.R. 4296) that would place restrictions on federal regulators seeking to impose operational risk capital requirements […]

With a quiet official schedule, lawmakers are using the public momentum for gun control to craft legislation that would make some limited changes to the nation’s background check system and gun purchasing policies. The starting place for those negotiations is a bill dubbed Fix NICS (National Instant Check System) that would push state and local […]

Both chambers will be back in session today after a week off for the Presidents’ Day holiday. The Mar. 23 deadline for an omnibus funding bill remains the biggest item on Congress’s to-do list, but those negotiations are only expected to continue behind the scenes this week. The House aims to pass a pair of […]

The Week in Review Congress was in recess last week in honor of the Presidents’ Day holiday. President Trump headlined the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in a week where political debate again focused on gun control.  Momentum for gun control legislation seems to be building, but it remains unclear what specific measures, if […]

Our Take Dating back to 1862, and every year since 1886, the Senate has read President George Washington’s Farewell address.  It is worth reading and thinking about our first President’s writing – both for its sage advice, but also as a reminder that many of the political ills that cloud our government today date back […]

The Week in Review A week that started with policy developments on immigration, the White House’s budget priorities, and infrastructure ended with a renewed push for gun control legislation and indictments in the Russia probe after a whirlwind news cycle in Washington. The response to the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida that claimed the […]

Looking Ahead Near Term The Senate floor will be consumed by the immigration effort, and there are no hearings scheduled in the Banking Committee. There are two major financial services bills coming up on the floor of the House.  First is the so-called “TRID” bill that will amend the CFPB’s rule for mortgage disclosure.  Second, […]

There will be little rest for the weary this week in Washington as lawmakers will follow last week’s hard-fought negotiations on a massive budget caps deal with an immigration debate in the Senate and the release of the White House’s 2019 fiscal year budget and long-awaited infrastructure plan.

The Week in Review A landmark week in Washington was punctuated by the passage of a massive bipartisan budget deal that funds the government until March 23, suspends the debt ceiling until 2019, raises strict budget caps by almost $300 billion over two years, and offers billions in funding for health care, defense, disaster relief, […]

The White House Council of Economic Advisers has released a white paper addressing prescription drug prices, detailing the administration’s plans to “reduce the price Americans pay for biopharmaceutical products” and “rais[e] innovation incentives for products in the future.” The 30-page proposal has significant implications for stakeholder across the health care spectrum, as it offers wide-ranging […]

The Senate is expected to vote early this afternoon on a massive bipartisan budget deal that would avert a government shutdown, suspend the debt ceiling, raise strict budget caps, and offer billions in funding for health care, disaster relief, infrastructure, child care, and education. The text of the deal hatched by Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]