Nicholas D. Choate
Venable LLP
Articles
What can get done? Thoughts on the Congressional Calendar
USA - June 1 2021 As we enter the busy summer stretch of the congressional calendar, a number of deadlines, competing priorities, and congressional recesses, will…
2021 United States Senate Power-Sharing Agreement
USA - February 4 2021 The United States Senate is equally divided between 50 Democratic and 50 Republican Senators, with Vice President Harris breaking the tie to give…
Budget Reconciliation in 2021: How to Avoid the Filibuster and Enact Policy
USA - February 1 2021 The Senate filibuster's 60-vote threshold is likely to preclude passage of a sweeping COVID-19 deal along the lines of the $1.9 trillion package…
A Whole New World: The First 100 Days of the 117th Congress
USA - January 11 2021 On Tuesday, Georgia voters went to the polls to complete two special elections, marked by high turnout and massive early voting, to determine two…
Sarah B. Donovan, Josh M. Finestone, William R. Nordwind, Samuel Olchyk, Joshua H. Raymond
Capitol Hill in Flux: A Legislative Analysis of 2020 Election Outcomes
USA - November 11 2020 The results of last Tuesday's election are slowly coming into focus, along with the ways in which those results may impact the legislative agenda in…
Michael D. Bloomquist, Sarah B. Donovan, Josh M. Finestone, William R. Nordwind, Joshua H. Raymond
