By Dan Caprio Yesterday, the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy that includes a threat to veto the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (“CISPA” or H.R. 624) unless further changes are made to the bill’s privacy protections to require removal of personal information before cybersecurity data is shared with the government. A… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Congress
Subscribe to Congress RSS FeedUpdate on Tax Reform: Working Towards “Regular Order”
Posted in Budget, Congress, Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley Joe Dowley served as Chief Counsel of the Committee on Ways & Means, U.S. House of Representatives when Congress last undertook fundamental tax reform. In the face of many doubters, House Committee on Ways & Means Chairman Dave Camp announced this month that he was establishing a series of subject matter, Member-level… Continue Reading
Tax Reform Moving Ahead Even As Congress Grapples with Sequestration
Posted in Budget, Congress, Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley Joe Dowley served as Chief Counsel of the Committee on Ways & Means, U.S. House of Representatives when Congress last undertook fundamental tax reform. Skeptics are questioning whether comprehensive tax reform can happen in 2013 given the concern that Congress may use revenues needed for tax reform to avoid the so-called “sequester” cuts… Continue Reading
Chairman Camp, Ways and Means: Getting Serious About Tax Reform?
Posted in Budget, Congress, Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley Joe Dowley served as Chief Counsel of the Committee on Ways & Means, U.S. House of Representatives when Congress last undertook fundamental tax reform. Yesterday (2/13), Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) of the Ways & Means Committee announced the creation of eleven “bipartisan working groups” to “sort out” the issues the members will… Continue Reading
White House Issues Executive Order and Presidential Policy Directive To Enhance Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Posted in Congress, CybersecurityBy Elizabeth Ferrell This blog post was co-authored by Beth Ferrell, Katherine Veeder, and Patrick Stanton. After several months of anticipation, on February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order to enhance measures to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks, entitled “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” (the “Executive Order” or “Order”). Accompanying the Order, the White House… Continue Reading
Tax Reform in 2013? Maybe, Maybe Not
Posted in Budget, Congress, Legislation (Federal), Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley Joe Dowley served as Chief Counsel of the Committee on Ways & Means, U.S. House of Representatives when Congress last undertook fundamental tax reform. Here are a few of the reasons why Congress may undertake tax reform in 2013, together with why not rebuttals: To avoid the March 1st sequester ($100.9 billion… Continue Reading
Prospects for Tax Reform are Improving
Posted in Budget, Congress, Legislation (Federal), Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley Joe Dowley served as Chief Counsel of the Committee on Ways & Means, U.S. House of Representatives when Congress last undertook fundamental tax reform. One hesitates to predict these days what the new Congress might do in 2013-14. The past few years will not be marked by historians as a high water… Continue Reading
After ATRA: What’s in Store for Taxes?
Posted in Budget, Congress, Legislation (Federal), Tax PolicyUpdated: January 18, 3:20 pm By Joe Dowley Joe Dowley served as Chief Counsel of the Committee on Ways & Means, U.S. House of Representative when Congress last undertook fundamental tax reform. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, was quoted by BNA on Jan. 17th indicating that tax reform will go… Continue Reading
Elections 2012: MLA’s Campaign Textbook Series
Posted in 2012 Elections, Congress, Legislation (Federal)By Cindy Gillespie and Eric Tanenblatt This election season, members of our Public Policy and Government Affairs and Political Law practices provided an exclusive look at the 2012 Campaign Trail in a unique call series. MLA’s Campaign Textbook Series provided a quick and informative way to learn what was really happening behind the scenes in the races this fall. Each… Continue Reading
2012 Election Results and Post Election Discussion
Posted in 2012 Elections, Attorneys General, Congress, Governors, Legislatures (State), MayorsBy Eric Tanenblatt and Joseph Dowley With the 2012 elections concluded, we are pleased to provide this recap of the Presidential, Congressional, and State race results. We also invite you to click here to download a full report from our updated 50 State Resource Center, a comprehensive database focusing on economic and political affairs in… Continue Reading
2012 Congressional Lame Duck Session: Webinar Summary and Recording
Posted in 2012 Elections, Appropriations, Budget, Congress, Legislation (Federal), National Security & Defense, Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley A momentous session of Congress looms ahead… We are carefully watching developments in advance of the elections to gauge likely directions once voters have spoken. There won’t be much time—or open deliberation—once the Lame Duck begins. Most decisions, if there are any, will come as a result of closed door meetings between Congressional leaders… Continue Reading
2012 Congressional Lame Duck Session: Webinar Notice
Posted in 2012 Elections, Budget, Congress, Legislation (Federal), National Security & Defense, Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley With the 2012 Congressional lame duck session fast approaching, there are a number of important issues for which public and private sector actors should be prepared. To help look more deeply into these topics, including a budget overview, sequestration, defense authorization legislation, taxes, and the implications of the Presidential and Senate elections, we… Continue Reading