Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Senator Byron Dorgan weighed in on Trump’s travel ban in an op-ed for CNBC. The article focused specifically on international tourism and the adverse effects the travel ban has on jobs and America’s image to outside travelers.
Senator Byron Dorgan, Senior Policy Advisor at Arent Fox, and Dan Renberg, partner and co-leader of Arent Fox’s Government Relations practice, offered distinct perspectives on recent developments and the prospects for policy changes affecting companies that do business in the United States.
On March 24, 2015, the Washington, DC office of Arent Fox LLP, in cooperation with the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, hosted the latest edition of their Public Policy Forum Series.
On January 16, 2015, Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced S. 181 (The Startup Act), which is meant to promote new business formation, especially in the information technology industry.
Congress created the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identify improper payments made to providers by Medicare and Medicaid.
. TRIA provides a federal backstop given that catastrophic terrorism is an uninsurable risk, as described in a 2014 RAND Corporation analysis. Congress approved two TRIA extensions with reforms in 2005 and 2007.
On July 17, 2014, responding in part to the expiration of numerous tax incentives last December 31, the House of Representatives approved by a 277–130 vote a bill (H.R. 4719, The America Gives More Act) containing permanent extension of several tax incentives related to charitable deductions.
Arent Fox Government Relations partner Jon S. Bouker was quoted by Congressional Quarterly (CQ) in a cover story highlighting a different tone on Capitol Hill that has seen appropriators encouraging administration officials to increase their spending requests after a half-decade of belt tightening a
Earlier today, the Senate Finance Committee approved the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act, which would resurrect roughly 50 expired tax incentive provisions that lapsed on December 31, 2013.
This afternoon, the House of Representatives approved by a 359-67 margin the “omnibus appropriations” bill (H.R. 3457) that emerged late Monday from several weeks of negotiations between the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
Arent Fox Government Relations advisor Philip S. English wrote an opinion article published in Investor’s Business Daily on five ideas for tax reform created by the late Rep. Jack Kemp that would still work today.
Arent Fox Government Relations Senior Policy Advisor Sen. Byron Dorgan was featured in an article in Environment and Energy Daily previewing testimony he gave before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee that focused on the potential for increasing the exportation of natural gas.
Political Law partner Craig Engle’s testimony before the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on campaign finance contributions was again covered by The Washington Post.
Political Law partner Craig Engle was widely quoted in the Washington Post, Wall St. Journal, the Los Angeles Times, on NPR, and in dozens of news outlets across the country regarding the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) response to an advisory opinion request filed by Arent Fox — The agency rule
Arent Fox Political Law partner Craig Engle filed an advisory opinion request with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) earlier this week for a US Senate candidate from Massachusetts.
Arent Fox Government Relations partner Jon S. Bouker advocated for the inclusion of a critical provision on behalf of Second Chance Employment Services.