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Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
President Signs First FY 2019 Appropriations Package
By Lai K. Lam
President Trump today signed the first appropriations package for fiscal year 2019. H.R. 5895 contains three annual appropriations bills: Energy-Water, Milcon-VA, and Legislative Branch. Congress is preparing to send the…
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Congress Unveils Plan to Avert Shutdown
By Lai K. Lam
Congressional leaders have come up with a plan to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30. If all goes according to plan, Congress will have…
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Neither Snow Nor Rain: Tax Markup, Appropriations, and Other Important Stuff
By Lai K. Lam
Congress is pressing ahead with its work agenda for the week despite the threat of massive flooding in Washington from Hurricane Florence. With the end of fiscal year 2019 looming,…
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This Week in Congress: Aug. 13, 2018
By Lai K. Lam
The Senate returns Wednesday at noon. Here's the agenda for the short work week: Confirmations. The chamber will consider the nominations of Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. and Julius Ness Richardson to…
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This Week in Congress: July 16, 2018
By Lai K. Lam
The House and Senate convene today at noon and 3 p.m., respectively. House FY 2019 Appropriations. The chamber is gearing up to tackle its second “minibus” spending package for fiscal…
The Right Coast
Senate rejects Trump plan to claw back spending | TheHill
The Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected President TrumpDonald John TrumpConservatives express concern over House GOP immigration bill Poll: McSally holds 14-point lead in Arizona GOP Senate primary Trump defends Nielsen…
Global Policy Watch
The Congressional Agenda for May
Members of Congress return to Washington, D.C. this week for a three-week work period before the Memorial Day recess. As with the congressional agenda in April, the Republican majority will…
Health Law Update
Capitol Hill Healthcare Update
By Mike Ferguson, Cullan E. Jones, Adam Higgins, Tyler Thompson
CONGRESS SCRAMBLES TO COMPLETE BUDGET IN ADVANCE OF DEADLINE Lawmakers are working overtime – including on key healthcare issues – to wrap up work on a $1.2 trillion omnibus budget…
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Congress Returns – Legislative Agenda for January
By Lai K. Lam
With the return of Congress, look for McGuireWoods' Tax Policy Update team to drop in on the Take Stock blog from time to time to share insights from our weekly client updates.…
The Faculty Lounge
Copying for Me, But Not for Thee…
In a recent post, I discussed photographer Donald Graham's copyright infringement action against "appropriation artist" Richard Prince. Over at The Art Law Blog, Donn Zaretsky discusses the same case, in…