Author: Patrick Firth

Speaker McCarthy Ousted in Far-Right Republican Coup

House Republicans – aided by a Democratic caucus united in opposition to the Republican majority – have sacked Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20) as Speaker of the House. This is the...

Government Shutdown Averted in ‘Clean’ CR Until Nov. 17

A government shutdown was avoided with hours to spare Saturday evening after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20) changed course and put forward a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the federal...

Potential for Government Shutdown Increases: How We Got Here & What You Should Know

With less than one week until the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, lawmakers face the daunting task of passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government temporarily...

Congress Returns to Busy Schedule

The Senate returned from August recess this week and faces an overflowing legislative agenda packed with Party priorities and legislative responsibilities. The House returns from recess on September 12. Let’s...

EPA Amends “Waters of the United States” Rule

On Tuesday, August 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army announced a final rule amending the 2023 definition of “waters of the United...

FDA Names Inaugural Dep. Commissioner for Unified Human Foods Program

On August 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the selection of James ‘Jim’ Jones to serve as the agency’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Program areas would...

Commerce Department Sets Tin Mill Tariffs for Food Cans

On August 17, the Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of tin mill products from Canada, the People’s Republic of China (China), Germany,...

House and Senate Complete Markups for Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA FY 24 Appropriations Bills

The full appropriations committees of both the House and Senate have now approved the Agriculture-RD-FDA appropriations bills via votes during markup hearings. The ‘markup’ is the process by which a...

Smoke Signals & Taxing Events

It was a busy week in the nation’s capital. The Constitution Partners team reviewed the major events driving American public policy and business interests, and have provided a summarized overview...

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