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By Keith Smith
The failure of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach agreement on deficit reduction measures last November along with the very short two-month extension of the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits and the Medicare Doc Fix in December, signals another very difficult year of fiscal challenges facing the Administration and the Congress.
By Marty Paone
The President’s use of his power to recess appoint Richard Cordray to the position in charge of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, along with three NLRB appointments, has been met with, not unexpectedly, howls of outrage by Republican leaders. Their complaints are understandable since it’s been over 60 years since a recess appointment has been made during such a short Senate recess.
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Prime Policy Group Chairman, Charlie Black, is a featured contributor in The Electoral Challenge: Theory Meets Principle, 2nd Edition, recently published by CQ Press. The book provides a broad, yet thorough, analysis of all the elements of a political campaign by linking political theory to practical politics. Each chapter includes an essay and a response written by outstanding professionals in the political world, and addresses a specific component of a campaign, from fundraising and voter competence, to political advertising and the media’s influence.
By Becky Weber
Federal surface transportation programs for highways, transit, motor carrier safety and highway safety have been operating on a series of eight extensions over two years since the expiration of the last multi-year reauthorization bill in 2009 (commonly referred to as the “Highway Bill”).
By Keith Smith
Many are speculating about what action the new Joint Committee of Congress may take on tax issues prior to November 23rd when the Committee presents its work to Congress for a vote.
Rich Meade, Managing Director at Prime Policy Group, made a presentation at the Republican National Committee’s Summer Meeting on August 4th about the efforts to raise debt limit. He participated in a panel on this topic and explained how the recently enacted legislation will work and what to expect in the future in terms of the joint committee, possible sequestration, etc.
Here are some of Rich’s prepared comments:
Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction
By Marty Paone
In years past it had been fairly easy to determine what legislation had to pass before the Congress could recess for the year. But in the current Capitol Hill climate, the rules on what “must pass” have changed considerably, leaving many pieces of legislation in a state of limbo at best or in complete stalemate at worst.
As budget negotiations continue and gain urgency by the looming debt ceiling breech possible by early August, the foreign aid budget has become a popular, and populist, target for the budget ax.
By Mark Disler
Comprehensive immigration reform is a “leftover” item on the national agenda. With approximately 12 million undocumented aliens living in the United States; an on-going need for temporary workers, seasonal workers, skilled technology workers, nurses and agricultural workers; the last major immigration overhauls being in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, the time is ripe for comprehensive reform in the national interest.
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