Reconciliation

Update 843: Two Tracks on Tax; CFPB Shutdown

Update 843 — Trump, Musk Shutter CFPB;Fork in the Road for Reconciliation Process The stop-and-start effort on the Hill to act on Donald Trump’s legislative priorities — tax, border security, defense, and energy — via the reconciliation process hit a fork in the road this week. The GOP may have a trifecta but the House …

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Update 834: Econ. Policy Agenda in Congress, Part 1

Update 834 — Reconciliation and Beyond: Econ. Policy Agenda in Congress, Part 1 The legislative priorities and strategic approach regarding the nation’s major economic policy issues facing the 119th Congress, sworn in last Friday, and the debate around them, are coming into view. Over the next few weeks and months, the GOP majorities in both …

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COMPETES Hit an Obstruction Named Mitch

Update 621 — COMPETES to Pass Sans HitchHit an Obstruction Named Mitch; Now What? Two weeks ago — amid extensive conference committee deliberations — Sen. Mitch McConnell announced his intention to block bipartisan negotiations on a USICA/COMPETES bill, industrial policy legislation aimed to compete with China, if Senate Democrats continued to pursue a “partisan reconciliation …

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