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K&L Gates LLP | USA | 22 Aug 2019
On August 2, 2019, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (P.L.116-37) (“BBA”) was signed into law. This bill amends the Budget Control Act of…
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K&L Gates LLP | USA | 8 Nov 2018
After a whirlwind midterm election night, the results are (mostly) in. The Republicans increased their majority in the Senate with wins in Indiana…
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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 15 Feb 2018
On Friday, February 9, 2018, President Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the “Budget”), a two-year budget which, in significant part…
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Mintz | USA | 7 Feb 2018
With just one day left before the expiration of the current continuing resolution (CR) that is currently funding federal agencies, House and Senate…
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Covington & Burling LLP | USA | 2 Jan 2018
The Republican-led Congress and President Trump secured their first significant legislative victory with the December passage of tax reform…
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Covington & Burling LLP | USA | 4 Dec 2017
As has become customary in recent years, members of Congress face a daunting to-do list in the final weeks of 2017. Both chambers are scheduled to be…
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Covington & Burling LLP | USA | 2 Oct 2017
In contrast to the September work period, when a number of must-pass measures and a last-ditch (and eventually unsuccessful) effort to repeal the…
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Thompson Hine LLP | USA | 21 Sep 2017
On September 18, 2017 the Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. The Senate version of the NDAA…
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Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 9 Aug 2017
In contrast to the theme song, “Movin’ on Up”, from the 1970s sitcom The Jeffersons, sometimes “moving on down” is better in certain circumstances…
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Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 15 May 2017
Now that the FY 2017 budget is finalized, appropriators are ready to focus on the FY 2018 process, even though the budget committees have yet to…