Mike & Co. – The annual session-end crunch is on in Congress, with several big-ticket items under negotiation. As predictable as this yearly jam is, the outcomes are not at this stage. Congress is searching for just the right mix of provisions and bills until a permutation that can guarantee passage is found. Until then, …
Mike & Co. — Most of the activity on Capital Hill this week is focused on the FY 2016 budget, but it has become so rider-ridden that few expect it to be competed by the Friday deadline for passage. Instead it is becoming likely that Congress will adopt a short-term continuing resolution that will push votes on …
Senior Senate Finance and House Ways and Means staff were at the negotiating table much of this weekend, working on a growing tax extenders-plus package now rumored to cost in the $700-800 billion over ten-year ballpark. The package began with the Senate Finance bill reported in July extending or making permanent the 50-odd tax breaks known as …
Mike & Co. — The November jobs report (200,000-plus net jobs added) is another key green light to a Fed primed to lift rates in two weeks. FWIW, reported from Shelby last night re talks with Tester on Shelby 2.0: “We’ve been talking even tonight — we’re trying to see if we can work out …
Mike & Co. — Below, a closer look at some of the many distinctive features of the Highway Trust Fund reauthorization that is likely to be voted on in the House today and the Senate next week, focusing on the offset provisions. Also note the coda on the Zadroga saga. Best, Dana Section by Section …
Mike & Co. — The holiday season ends December 16, apparently. On that day, almost all now agree, the seven-year national zero-interest rate season will end. It is as baked in as the sun in the morning — barring calamity in the November jobs report, of course. All year long Senate Banking Chair Shelby has …
Mike & Co. — Below, a closer look at some of the many distinctive features of the Highway Trust Fund reauthorization that is likely to be voted on in the House today and the Senate next week, focusing on the offset provisions. Also note the coda on the Zadroga saga. Best, Dana ———- Section by …
Mike & Co. — Hi again — hope everyone got a little downtime and home time during the Thanksgiving break. Congress is back in now for the home stretch to year-end adjournment, for which no target date has been set. The first deadline it faces is passing a long-term infrastructure bill after approving yet another …
Mike & Co. — Positions are already being staked out in anticipation of a compromise on financial regulatory policy next month as part of a long-term extension of the FY 2016 Continuing Resolution. How deployments look right now is sketched out below. Great weekends, everyone… Dana ———- The terms of engagement for year-end changes …
Mike & Co., A quick review of where topline issues stand after last week, followed by events of note this coming week. Tomorrow, a focus on what the Fed is facing next month or one of the items below if you’re fed up with Fed watching. Best, Dana ———- Last Week Highway Trust Fund to …
