In CNBC, TRP’s Sola Discusses Impact of Trump Energy Export Deals on Maritime

Capitol Hill Update Congress will return from the Thanksgiving district work period this week as lawmakers look to make progress on key year-end priorities. In notable news on the government funding front, appropriators struck an agreement on fiscal year (FY) 2021 spending allocations last week — a significant step that brings Congress closer to avoiding […]

Capitol Hill Update Congressional appropriators are working to finalize an agreement on fiscal year (FY) 2021 spending numbers with less than one month to go until the December 11 government funding deadline. The Majority Leader stated on the floor that this past week that the coming days “will tell us a lot about whether Congress […]

Last week, President-elect Joe Biden announced several of his key White House senior staff appointees. His team also announced that they would be making more announcements this week. In the interim, we await his choice for Treasury Secretary, which he has said should satisfy both moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party.

Capitol Hill Update The House will convene for legislative business today as Members look to address key year-end priorities. Fiscal year (FY) 2021 appropriations and the National Defense Authorization Act face hard deadlines in December, and lawmakers will need to navigate several “poison pill” issues before an agreement on these items can be reached. Officials […]

— TRUMP VS. BIDEN. Former Vice President Joe Biden has been declared President-elect by all the major media outlets after clinching victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada. President-elect Biden is also leading in Georgia as the remaining mail-in and absentee ballots continue to get counted or recounted. President Trump appeared to concede the race on […]

On Wednesday, November 11, President-elect Joe Biden tapped Ron Klain, former White House Ebola Response Coordinator and longtime adviser to the President-elect, to be his Chief of Staff. TRP Partner Paul Bock and Senior Vice President Gary Palmquist discuss what this means for the incoming Biden administration’s policy agenda.

Capitol Hill Update Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to defeat President Donald Trump in the race for the White House after clinching victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The Democratic nominee is also leading in Nevada, Georgia, and Arizona as the remaining mail-in and absentee ballots continue to get counted. Despite leading in […]

Although we do not know who is going to win the Presidential election next week, proponents of former Vice President Biden are once again putting their faith in positive polling, and so we are starting to see an increase of articles about the Biden Transition. In fact, Politico has a whole newsletter devoted to the topic. While these stories […]

Capitol Hill Update The Senate is poised to take up another targeted pandemic relief bill when the chamber convenes for votes today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said last week. The forthcoming package is largely expected to mirror the previous Senate GOP “skinny relief” effort, including business liability provisions and allocating roughly $500 billion […]

Capitol Hill Update While Senators on the Judiciary Committee convene for the Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced yesterday that no votes are expected in the lower chamber this week as Congressional Democrats and the Trump administration remain far apart on the next round of COVID-19 relief aid. […]

While the House was scheduled to be in recess – albeit subject to a 24-hours notice to return for a vote if a deal on COVID relief gets made – the Senate was scheduled to be in town to continue to vote on Judges. Then three Senators tested positive for COVID and Senate Majority Leader […]

Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that votes for this week would be cancelled and the Senate adjourned after three Republican Senators — Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) — tested positive for COVID-19. Leader McConnell originally sought a consent agreement to meet in pro forma […]