Dear Colleagues: Congress moved forward with the massive COVID relief bill this week as the Biden team continued to issue guidance and name nominees for the Department of Education. 1. Congress Moves on COVID Relief Bill and More This week Congress moved closer to the… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – February 26, 2021
Dear Colleagues: I imagine you have been glued to your tv watching the impeachment trial in the Senate this week, as I have. My Representative – Jamie Raskin (D-MD) – led the House in presenting the case for conviction. Whatever your politics, I think you… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – February 12, 2021
Dear Colleagues: Congress swung back into full gear this week moving legislation and addressing turmoil simultaneously. Perhaps there is hope for chewing gum and walking at the same time. House and Senate Press Forward Despite Turmoil Swirling In a pair of head-scratching moves, the Republican House… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – February 5, 2021
Dear Colleagues: Astrologers tell us the planets are going wild. It sure seemed like it this week! 1. Tension Mounts on Capitol Hill The aftermath of the insurrection in the Capitol on January 6 continues to increase tension in Congress. The Department of Homeland Security… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – January 29, 2021
Dear Colleagues: Welcome to the new world of Biden/Harris. The reset button has been hit and we are launched! 1. The Biden Harris Era Begins Just two weeks after a riotous mob vandalized the Capitol, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took the… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – January 22, 2021
Dear Colleagues: I regret to report that the nation’s capital now looks like an armed fortress with over 20,000 National Guard members posted and more on the way. Shops downtown are boarded up in anticipation of violence as the Inauguration approaches, and the entire National… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – January 15, 2021
Dear Colleagues, This is certainly not the beginning to 2021 that any of us expected. The events of this week were disturbing on so many levels – a gross violation of our democracy, a bold nod to white supremacy, a total failure of Capitol police,… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – January 8, 2021
Dear Colleagues: I hate to leave you hanging with unfinished business, but this will be my final Washington Update for 2020. I’m taking a break for the next two weeks and I hope you are too! By the time we get together again in January,… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – December 18, 2020
Dear Colleagues – Welcome to Washington’s “end of the semester” sprint. Will that FY 2021 spending bill cross the finish line by the end of the year or be pushed into next year for the new Congress to grapple with? Will the President refuse to… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – December 11, 2020
Dear Colleagues: The Senate left town for Thanksgiving yesterday and the House will do so today. Returning on November 30, they will continue to face a December 11 deadline to avoid a government shutdown, an out-of-control pandemic demanding fiscal relief -- which does not appear… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – November 20, 2020
