Insights on Government Relations

In a recent article from Morning Consult, Arent Fox Senior Government Relations Advisor Philip English is quoted speaking about upcoming tax reform.

Arent Fox Government Relations co-chair and former Congressman Phil English discussed President Donald Trump’s tax plan during the lead-up to its formal unveiling in The Politico.

On April 11, 2017, Senator Byron Dorgan, a Senior Policy Advisor at Arent Fox  appeared on the Closing Bell on Fox Business News along with former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) to discuss how upcoming tax reform efforts in Congress may play out I the coming weeks and months.

On April 14, 2017, former Representative Phil English (R-PA), now a senior government relations advisor at Arent Fox, expressed his opinion about the current political climate surrounding tax reform and the international movement to call for President Trump’s tax returns.

Former Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and former Representative Phil English (R-PA) currently work as an Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor and a Senior Government Relations Advisor, respectively.

As the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) is not currently an option, the GOP leaders in conjunction with the White House are turning their attention to the next major agenda item: tax reform.

Last week, the news focused heavily on the proposed American Health Care Act (ACHA) bill as it headed for a vote in the House of Representatives.

Senator Dorgan (D-ND), now an Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor, is a former member of the House Ways and Means committee. He recently wrote an op-ed for The Hill about how in his experience tax reform comes to fruition.

Arent Fox LLP Senior Policy Analyst Sen. Byron Dorgan and IP Partner Pamela Deese were featured guests on a March 12 episode of “What’s Working in Washington,” a weekly podcast focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and policy.

An article published March 15 in Forbes discussed two recent roundtable conversations addressing the threat of tweets and internet crisis with Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Senator Byron Dorgan and IP Partner Pamela Deese.

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In the opinion article “The 1 Thing Every Tax Proposal Needs” recently published by The Hill, former Representative and current Arent Fox Senior Government Relations Advisor Phil English maintains that the one provision every tax proposal needs is expensing.

Vox recently interviewed Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor and former Senator Byron Dorgan on how eliminating “lifetime limits” in health insurance policies became a part of the Affordable Care Act.

Arent Fox senior policy advisor and former Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) appeared on MSNBC along with former Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) to discuss division in America in light of the Trump Administration with Greta Van Susteren.

Former Senator and Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Byron Dorgan (D-ND) spoke with Fox Business News along with former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) on whether President Trump is on the right track in the early days of his Administration.

As the newly-announced co-chair for the Institute for Representative Government (IRG), former Rep. Philip English, a senior advisor in the Government Relations practice at Arent Fox LLP, will help bring together elected officials from around the world to facilitate exchanging ideas and views.

In an opinion article recently published by The Hill, former Senator and current Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Byron Dorgan described the steps that are necessary for the Democratic party to be successful in future elections.

As the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump nears, retailers should be paying close attention to expected seismic changes in domestic trade policy that will have an important impact on the fashion industry.

Former Senator and Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Byron Dorgan spoke with MSNBC correspondent Kate Snow on Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The Morning Consult article “Firewall of Advisers May Insulate Trump From Administration’s Trade Supporters” discusses the three major trade-relations positions and the choices for each role in the incoming Trump Administration

Inside U.S. Trade recently discussed the creation of a National Trade Council by President-elect Trump in the article, “Analysts: Trump’s National Trade Council may spur cooperation, or new tensions.”

In Bloomberg BNA’s WTO Reporter article “Trump Committed to Promises on Trade Deals: Spokesman,” Trump transition team spokesman Sean Spicer confirmed that President-elect Trump remains committed to his campaign promises to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Arent Fox litigation partner James Hulme was a guest on C-SPAN on Monday, December 19 to talk about the recent calls to end the country’s reliance on the Electoral College when determining the outcome of US presidential elections and instead base results on the popular vote.

In the Morning Consult article “Republican Tax Overhaul Likely to Touch on Individual Provisions,” Republican plans to overhaul tax policies are discussed at length.

On December 20, 2016, the Council of the District of Columbia voted 9-4 to approve the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, a landmark piece of legislation that would create one of the most generous paid family and medical leave programs in the nation.