Following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks against Israeli civilians and subsequent Israel response in Gaza, demonstrations took place on college campuses and elsewhere across the United States. While some of these...more
1/3/2024
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In this episode of “Counsel That Cares,” tax attorney Don Stuart and Public Policy & Regulation attorney Chris Armstrong discuss the criteria that grant hospitals tax-exempt status, including several newly adopted standards...more
In the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans are heavily favored to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives and are currently considered to have even odds of winning control of the U.S. Senate. Should the 118th...more
The U.S. Senate on Aug. 7, 2022, passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). This comprehensive legislation is the result of many months of negotiations among Democrats to advance some of President Joe Biden's highest...more
8/8/2022
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A group of bipartisan senators and representatives on April 7, 2022, introduced The Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act (the Act). If enacted later this year, this legislation would be the first...more
The White House on March 28, 2022, released President Joe Biden's $5.8 trillion proposed budget for federal spending in fiscal year (FY) 2023. The president's budget proposal serves as a fiscal blueprint for the...more
The White House on May 28, 2021, released President Joe Biden's $6 trillion proposed budget for federal spending in fiscal year (FY) 2022. The president's budget proposal serves as a fiscal blueprint for the administration's...more
President Joe Biden on March 31, 2021, introduced the American Jobs Plan of 2021. The plan requests $2 trillion over eight years to modernize the nation's infrastructure. This infrastructure plan includes roads, bridges and...more
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 10, 2021, passed the Senate-amended H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The ARP provides $1.9 trillion in additional relief to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....more
3/11/2021
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The 2020 elections and the ensuing Georgia runoffs for the last two U.S. senate seats resulted in a Senate evenly split between 50 Democrats (including 2 Independents who caucus with Democrats) and 50 Republicans, with Vice...more
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Senate's 2021 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 5) on Feb. 5, 2021, laying the groundwork for the budget reconciliation process. Created by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,...more
President Joe Biden has proposed an "American Rescue Plan," which was described as an "emergency legislative package to fund vaccinations, provide immediate, direct relief to families bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis,...more
1/22/2021
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President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021, bringing an ambitious list of legislative priorities to the 117th Congress, including COVID-19 relief and economic...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) created the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to provide relief to small businesses affected by COVID-19 and to...more
On June 3, 2020, Congress sent bipartisan legislation to modify the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to President Donald Trump for his signature. The PPP is a popular loan program...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) reopened its Emergency Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program to farmers and agricultural producers on May 4, 2020. Although farmers were excluded from EIDL eligibility in...more
As previously reported, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Department of the Treasury unveiled two lending programs – the Main Street New Loan Facility (MSNLF) and the Main...more
The president signed into law on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), providing $2.2 trillion of emergency appropriations. The CARES Act provides a wide range of economic relief...more
4/28/2020
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The CARES Act included language permitting the Federal Reserve Board to establish a "Main Street Lending Program," or other similar program or facility to support lending to small and mid-sized businesses. Toward this end,...more
4/22/2020
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The Federal Reserve Board and U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on April 9, 2020, announced new and expanded measures aimed at providing up to $2.3 trillion in relief to U.S. businesses, states and...more
Congress has completed three rounds of legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis. These include an $8.3 billion supplemental appropriation (round 1) signed into law on March 6, as well as...more
President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), providing $2.2 trillion of emergency appropriations. The CARES Act provides a wide range of...more
Congress has completed two rounds of legislation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting economic crisis. These include an $8.3 billion supplemental appropriation (round 1) signed into law on March 6,...more
Following President Donald Trump's signing of round two legislation, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, into law, all eyes are on the quickly developing round three legislation that is currently being negotiated....more
Following Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (round two), the Administration and Senate are already busy finalizing measures to be included in round three, which will be focused on economic distress...more