Washington Updates
Senate Advances Defense Policy Bill After Weeks-Long Stalemate
Last Thursday, the Senate approved its version of the annual defense policy bill (S.2296) in a 77-20 vote. The measure authorizes $925.8 billion in national defense spending, $32.1 billion above...
Negotiations Continue, Agencies Release Shutdown Directives, and the Executive Branch Retaliates
The federal government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, October 1, following the Senate’s failure to pass the House-approved continuing resolution (CR) [217 – 212]. The House remains in recess, leaving...
Trade Pressures and Policy Shifts: Insights from Business Leaders Across Sectors
It has been an eventful week in the world of tariffs and trade. From President Trump’s discussion of providing tariff revenue to farmers, the formalization of the US-EU tariff agreement...
State of the Shutdown: Updates We’ve Been Watching
CR Overview The threat of a government shutdown continues to loom over Washington after a week of dueling proposals. The Republican stopgap was rejected by Democrats on a 48-44 vote...
Court Rules IEEPA Tariffs Unlawful, but Stays Relief Pending Remand to Trade Court
A late Friday, August 29 ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has declared most of President Donald J. Trump’s global tariffs to be illegal,...
New Executive Order Aims to Fortify the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
The global pharmaceutical supply chain, once an interconnected and largely invisible network, has been a growing topic of national security concern. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the vulnerabilities of this...
What’s Left on Washington’s Agenda Before the Clock Runs Out?
Congress has been racing against the clock to check off as many items on its legislative to-do list as possible ahead of the August recess. Most notably, President Trump has...
Trade Alert: Trump Announces New Tariff Deadline of August 1st
President Donald Trump revealed that the U.S. will impose 25% tariffs on goods from Japan and South Korea beginning August 1. This decision marks the beginning of a new wave...
House Rescission Package Deep-Dive
By Isabelle Montero Background: A rescission package refers to a proposal by the President to cancel or amend previously approved government spending, often targeting specific programs already set in place. In...