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Select Committee Report Delayed

While some energy and climate legislative activities have been put on hold in the current environment, some members of Congress have shifted their attention to include energy and climate related provisions in the COVID-19 relief packages.

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Claire WashburnLitke, Eppler, Leiter, House Select Committee, Climate, climate crisis, COVID-19, COVID, resilience, resilient, transportation, renewable energy, emissions, emission reduction, GHG, innovation, manufacturing, mitigation, adaptation, clean energy, low carbon economy, public health, climate risk, environment, energy, climate risk disclosure, carbon, carbon neutrality, CO2, electrification, PFAS, Murkowski, Manchin, Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, House, Senate, House Democrats, Senate Democrats, Republican, Trump, Epa, EPA, DOE, Transportation, Interior, SPR, NRC, AWEA, climate bank, Congress, Administration, infrastructure
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
OMB Releases Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), in conjunction with the U.S. General Services Administration’s Regulatory Information Service Center and the 60 Cabinet, Executive, and Independent agencies across the Federal Government, released today the Trump Administration’s semi-annual Current Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The complete fall 2019 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 28 Federal agencies and 66 Federal agency regulatory agendas.

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Claire WashburnLitke, Leiter, Kerr, Regulatory, regulatory actions, deregulatory, deregulation, OMB, Executive Order, FY18, FY19, infrastructure, small business
Spring 2018 Congressional Agenda

Members of Congress return this week from a two-week recess with a full agenda and without much time in which to accomplish their goals before turning their attention fully to the midterm elections. The Senate is scheduled to be in session for 104 days between now and Election Day, and the House, 71. We've rounded up issues we think will receive floor time prior to the election.

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David LeiterLitke, Leiter, Spanjich, Congress, FY18, FY19, Agenda, congressional agenda, congressional calendar, Trump, Administration, election day, FAA, flood insurance, farm bill, NDAA, appropriations, dodd-frank, banking, financial reform, opioids, Coast Guard Authorization, coast guard, WRDA, water, net neutrality, nominations, nominees, rescissions, infrastructure, immigration, border security, privacy, data security, postal reform, pension reform, Midterm Elections, trade, Iran, Syria, North Korea
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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