Incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain sent a Saturday memo to incoming White House staff outlining the “First Ten Days.”
He mentioned the following actions to be taken by President Biden.
January 20
▪ Rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement
▪ Reverse the ban on immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries
▪ Extend the “pause”
With the outcome of last week’s Georgia Senate runoff elections producing a 50-50 Senate ratio and giving Senate Democrats majority status, there is renewed interest in the Congressional Review Act (CRA) (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). Under the CRA, a new Congress can act within its first 75 days of legislative session to reverse
The incoming Biden Administration intends to take many major environmental policy actions aimed at climate change, enforcement, environmental justice, and several other issues, many of which entail reversing actions taken by the Trump Administration. Companies and their environmental managers should monitor and consider participating in this contentious process. GT will be tracking these changes in
Presidential Race
After historic delays required to tabulate millions of ballots that were not sufficiently counted until four days after the election, former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner in the U.S. Presidential election on November 7th and will serve as the 46th President of the United States. In a victory speech
As Congress attempts to put together a “Continuing Resolution” this week to extend discretionary program funding and avoid a government shutdown on October 1, there has been talk of adding several seemingly unrelated provisions to the bill. These areas include highway programs, flood insurance, and Medicare and Medicaid demonstration programs.
Why? Each of these areas
Greenberg Traurig’s former Members of Congress Charlie Bass, Randy Forbes, Rodney Frelinghuysen and Albert Wynn discuss the top issues in the current negotiations to resolve differences between the House-passed Heroes Act and the Senate’s HEALS Act. Their in-depth discussion of specific topics can be found in this video at the following time-marks:
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What is the latest on Capitol Hill? GT’s Federal Government Law & Policy practice is hosting a series of webinars featuring Members of Congress to provide timely developments from Capitol Hill during the COVID-19 pandemic.Join Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and GT’s former Members of Congress, Albert Wynn (D-MD) and Charles F. Bass (R-NH), for a
What is the latest on Capitol Hill with respect to the coronavirus? GT’s Federal Government Law & Policy practice is hosting a series of webinars featuring Members of Congress to provide timely developments from Capitol Hill during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Join Representative Mac Thornberry (R-TX), and GT’s former Members of Congress Randy Forbes (R-VA) and
What is the latest on Capitol Hill with respect to the coronavirus? GT’s Federal Government Law & Policy practice hosted a series of webinars during the COVID-19 pandemic featuring Members of Congress to provide timely developments from Capitol Hill during the crisis. Attendees heard from bipartisan Congressional leadership in our webinar series featuring Representative Jim
Starting in February 2017, Congress passed resolutions to nullify 16 different federal regulations, including the “stream protection rule,” a drug testing rule for unemployment applicants, a rule requiring federal contractors to disclose labor law violations, and an internet privacy protection rule.
These regulations were reversed under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) (5 U.S.C. 801 et