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Plurus Strategies Weekly Update: War in Ukraine, USICA/America COMPETES Act Conference, Reconciliation, and Midterm Tidbits

While this week’s Senate vote codifying abortion protections has been the main event, it did not stop activity on other priority issues, including the war in Ukraine, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA)/America COMPETES Act conference, and reconciliation. Here is our latest intel on these issues and other action in Washington.

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Georgette (Spanjich) KerrPlurus Strategiessenate, house, biden, Supreme Court, abortion, covid, approp, America COMPETES, usica, republican, democrats, fy23, budget, congressional budget office, primaries, nebraska, west virginia, joe manchin, redistricting, apportionment, new york
Plurus Strategies Weekly Update: FY23 Budget, War in Ukraine, & Election Season Tidbits

The House returned to another busy work period in the run-up to the two-week Easter recess. Here’s our latest intel and analysis on the war in Ukraine, Supreme Court (SCOTUS) confirmation proceedings, and the release of the president’s fiscal year 2023 (FY23) budget request. Our report also includes a longer than usual political update, which reflects many of the moving pieces as we get closer to the midterm elections.

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Georgette (Spanjich) KerrPlurus Strategiesukraine, budget, russia, commerce, hhs, thud, appropriatons, biden, president, defense, congress, republican, democrat, house, senate, mariupol, usica, chips act, administration, scotus, ketanji brown jackson, covid
Weekly Plurus Strategies Update on Infrastructure and Reconciliation and the CR, Debt Limit, and Appropriations

It’s been a wild week in Washington. Never can we recall a time when so many expirations and deadlines were simultaneously colliding all when tensions are at a peak, not only between Democrats and Republicans but also within the Democratic party. Here’s our latest take on the state of play on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and reconciliation and the CR, the debt limit, and appropriations.

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Georgette (Spanjich) KerrPlurus StrategiesKerr, Reconciliation, budget
2020 Outlook: Policymaking in an Election Year

Common knowledge may lead us to believe any hope of advancing policy in an election year is futile. Combine that trend with a divided Congress, a partisan atmosphere, and the imminent impeachment trial, and it’s easy to suggest 2020 will be a year for politics rather than policy. However, with a list of looming deadlines and the need to demonstrate the ability to not only investigate but also legislate, Congress is likely to have an active 12 months ahead.

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Claire WashburnLitke, Leiter, Kerr, Plurus, Plurus Strategies, Congress, Executive, Legislative, legislative agenda, election year, 2020, trade, USMCA, China, appropriations, budget, FY20, FY21, NDAA, Health, surprise medical bills, drug pricing, health care extenders, tax, tax extenders, nominations, oversight, water, WRDA, Expiring Provisions, infrastructure, FAST Act, highway bill, energy, environment, climate, autonomous vehicles, AVs, transportation, technology, telecommunications, PFAS, sanctions, privacy, cybersecurity, presidential election, congressional elections
2018 Legislative and Regulatory Outlook

With the November elections in mind, Congress and the Administration must quickly get to work addressing the growing list of policies needing their attention, as Washington asks: how many more times can we kick the can down the road? We’re running out of roads.

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David Leiterlitke, leiter, spanjich, senate, house, congress, administration, budget, appropriatons, disaster relief, debt limit, health care, aca, Obamacare, FISA, flood insurance, immigration, DACA, farm bill, trade, infrastructure, entitlement reform, welfare, Medicare, medicaid, regulatory reform, tax reform, ndaa, defense, energy, FAA, net neutrality, pensions, nominations