Washington Week Ahead: January 30th–February 3rd

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Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House ·         On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to give remarks on the economy during a speech in northern Virginia. Senate ·         On Wednesday, Senate and House conferees will meet to consider the payroll tax/unemployment insurance/”doc fix” extension (HR 3630). House ·         Next week, the House [...]

Washington Week Ahead: January 23rd-27th

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Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House On Wednesday, the Obama Administration announced that they would not approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Yesterday, President Obama traveled to Orlando, FL, to announce his initiative to promote tourism in the U.S. as a part of his “We Can’t Wait” campaign of executive actions. Senate [...]

Washington Week Ahead: Dec. 12th – Dec. 16th

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Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House This morning, President Obama is hosting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the White House to discuss the end of the war in Iraq. On Tuesday, the President will conduct interviews with local television anchors from across the country about the end of the war [...]

Washington Week at a Glance: Oct. 24th – Oct. 28th, 2011

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Major Actions This Week: White House From Monday through Wednesday, President Obama travelled through North Carolina and Virginia on a bus tour to promote the American Jobs Act. On Thursday afternoon, the President met with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway. On Friday morning, the President signed free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Columbia, as well as [...]

Shutdown Showdown – State of Play

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From my partner, DCTripwire: Bottom Line: By far the most important take away from the next two weeks is not the actual budget implications for the rest of FY11, but rather what it will tell us about the new political dynamics for the rest of this Congressional session.  Once a deal is reached – and [...]

Washington Week at a Glance: March 7th – March 11th

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From my partner, DCTripwire: Major Actions Last Week: White House President Obama signed a two-week continuing resolution to fund the federal government through March 18th. o   The continuing resolution contained $4B in non-security spending cuts from current FY10 levels. Also this week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited the White House to discuss a wide-range of issues, including border security, North American [...]

The Week Ahead: February 22nd – February 25th

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From my partner, DCTripwire: Major Actions This Week: White House Today, President Obama traveled to Cleveland, OH, to hold a Winning the Future forum focusing on small businesses. This morning, Elizabeth Warren, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, gave a speech regarding credit card reforms in the [...]

Washington Insight: Budget

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House, Senate Play Budget “Chicken” Bottom Line: As Congress heads for a March 4th deadline to continue funding the government for the current fiscal year (FY11), the House and Senate remain far apart from a compromise.  The House GOP leadership has substantially raised the stakes for a possible government shutdown by asserting that it will not even accept [...]

Washington Week at a Glance: February 14th – February 18th

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From my partner, DCTripwire: Major Actions Last Week: White House Treasury and HUD released their GSE reform proposal, due under the Dodd-Frank Act. This week, President Obama continued promoting his innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, giving a speech on the National Wireless Initiative at Northern Michigan University. On Tuesday, President Obama and Vice President Biden held a [...]

Washington Week at a Glance: January 17th – January 21st

Content provided by my partner: DCTripwire: Major Actions This Week and Next: White House This week, President Obama traveled to Arizona to give remarks at a remembrance for victims of last weekend’s shootings. He also met with French President Sarkozy and Pakistani President Zardari at the White House. Senate This week, the Senate was out [...]