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Every committee assignment for the 116th Congress

House Democratic and Republican leadership have nearly finalized the grueling task of doling out committee assignments, capping weeks of acute jockeying by freshman lawmakers hoping to earn influential postings. Find out who landed where in this constantly updated index.

By John R. Russell, IV and Sander Lurie
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Meet the (likely) freshman class of the 116th Congress

By John R. Russell, IV
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New federal court ruling shakes up disclosure norms in the federal independent expenditure space

In a decision likely to throw further uncertainty into the world of campaign finance disclosure rules, an Obama-appointed judge on […]

By Michael Pfeifer and Benjamin Keane
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Chinese tech in Washington’s cross hairs

On May 29, the Trump Administration announced that the United States (US) will: (i) “impose a 25 percent tariff on […]

By Chris Fetzer
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In optimistic State of the Union, Trump pitches deals to Dems

President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his first State of the Union address, using the occasion to make a sober […]

By Eric Tanenblatt, James Richardson, and John R. Russell, IV
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Government Shut Down Update

“A partial shutdown starting Saturday would in some ways not resemble the one in 2013. They could have made the […]

By John R. Russell, IV
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US Senate Commerce Committee Marks up and Passes Autonomous Vehicles Bill

The US Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation (the Committee) today marked up and passed bipartisan legislation, S.1885, the […]

By Eric Tanenblatt, Jon Sohn, and Andrew Shaw
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Promises made, questions left unanswered by GOP tax plan

The Trump administration and Congressional Republican leaderships this week released their “Unified Framework for Fixing our Broken Tax Cod,” a […]

By John Harrington
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Congress and executive branch continue momentum toward bipartisan federal policies on autonomous vehicles

A week after the House of Representatives passed sweeping autonomous vehicle (AV) legislation, the Senate and the Trump administration both […]

By Eric Tanenblatt, Jon Sohn, and Andrew Shaw
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As Congress returns: Tax reform

Although the Trump administration and the Republican leaders in Congress desperately want to pivot to tax reform, the volume of […]

By John R. Russell, IV
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As Congress returns: Cyber security vulnerabilities, reforms

Recently, several members of President Trump’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council resigned over the president’s “insufficient attention” to the nation’s cyber […]

By John R. Russell, IV
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As Congress returns: foreign policy looms large

On July 14, 2017, the House passed, with strong bipartisan support, its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) […]

By Chris Fetzer

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