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Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Next Week in Congress
By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes, Lauren Stroupe
Budget Agreement With one week remaining before the July 4 recess - and the August recess just around the corner - congressional leaders continue to negotiate towards a budget agreement.…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
SEC Chairman Clayton Testifies to Senate on 2020 Budget Request
By Jay Clayton
Chairman Kennedy, Ranking Member Coons and Senators of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget request for the U.S.…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Next Week in Congress
By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes, Lauren Stroupe
FY20 Budget Request Support Continues Next week, Cabinet secretaries and agency heads will continue to appear before the Appropriations and authorizing committees to support the President’s FY20 budget request. Drug…
ImmigrationProf Blog
After Shutdown Loss, Trump Doubles Down on Immigration in His New Budget
President Trump is seeking $8.6 billion in his fiscal year 2020 budget proposal to build the wall along the U.S./Mexico border. Aaron Reichlin-Melnickp in Immigration Impact looks at the proposal and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Breaking News: Deal Reached to Avert Government Shutdown?
President Trump held a rally in El Paso, Texas last night to make his case for building a wall along the U.S./Mexico border, as congressional negotiators continue to negotiate over…
Inside Government Contracts
A Tale of Two Protests: Recent GAO Decisions Highlight Impaired Objectivity OCIs
By Peter B. Hutt II, Hunter Bennett, Brooke Stanley
Organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs) are perpetually thorny issues in federal procurement that contracting officers are required to identify and evaluate “as early in the acquisition process as possible.”[1] Although…
The Right Coast
Trump breaks 20-year fouled up budget gridlock, scores big wins
President Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Paul Ryan have teamed up this summer to do something that hasn t happened in two decades write and pass…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Medicare Good News…and not… out of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
By rmorgan
As part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law earlier in February, Medicare's therapy caps were repealed! As explained by Justice in Aging in a recent fact…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Quick Sketch: The President’s Budget for FY 2019
By Lai K. Lam
On Feb. 12, President Donald Trump submitted his FY 2019 budget request (“Budget”) to Congress. Even though congressional appropriators will simply toss the Budget aside when they start working on their…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA Fix or Government Shutdown on the Horizon?
All eyes are on the U.S. Congress. There are noises that, absent a congressional fix for the DACA recipients, we may see a "shutdown" of the U.S. government.Stephen Collinson on…