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Brett Fulcer
Dec 15, 2023
Prepare Your Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Requests Now
As Members of Congress and their staff begin to head home for the holidays, now is the time to ready your organization’s FY25...


Madeline Wade
Dec 13, 2023
Breaking Down U.S. Commitments During COP28
The United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) concluded in Dubai today. COP28 brought together leaders from around...


Charles Cooper
Dec 12, 2023
When Politics Consumes Policy…Or Does It?
There is an overplayed theme that election year politics shuts the door on policy and ends all hope that policy can advance. Of course,...


Pooja Patel
Dec 11, 2023
Latest Regulatory Agenda Sets Up a Busy 2024
On Wednesday last week, the White House Office of Management & Budget released their highly anticipated Fall 2023 Unified Regulatory...


Madeline Wade
Dec 6, 2023
Setting the Advocacy Agenda for 2024
As the year comes to a close, many organizations are putting together advocacy strategies for 2024. In DC, there are several legislative...


Brett Fulcer
Dec 5, 2023
Bipartisan Priorities to Keep an Eye on in 2024
Outside of marquee legislation, like large funding packages and major reauthorization bills, it often feels like polarized politics and...


Charles Cooper
Dec 4, 2023
The EXPLORE Act is Gaining Bipartisan and Bicameral Momentum
While much of the policy ecosystem is stalled in hyper-partisan dysfunction, the outdoor recreation policy space nears another historic...


Brett Fulcer
Nov 28, 2023
Legislative Outlook for the Remainder of 2023
Back from Thanksgiving, Congress has 13 voting days to wrap up any outstanding legislative business in 2023. In a Dear Colleague letter ...


Charles Cooper
Nov 21, 2023
The U.S.-China Reset: What Happens with 301 Tariffs?
President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping seemingly had a productive meeting and even lowered the escalating tension between...


Madeline Wade
Nov 15, 2023
Appropriators keep retiring. What does that mean for the spending process?
With all of the swirl surrounding how to keep the government funded, it can be easy to forget the power of a new appropriations bill....


Charles Cooper
Nov 13, 2023
A Looming Government Shutdown…Again
If the House of Representatives and the Senate are unable to move forward with a continuing resolution to extend current funding by the...


Brett Fulcer
Nov 8, 2023
Breaking Down Biden’s Recent Investments in Rural Communities
Last week, President Biden visited a farm in Dakota County, Minnesota to announce over $5 billion investments in rural communities across...


Madeline Wade
Nov 7, 2023
Climate Policy Isn’t Slowing Down
Between a new House Speaker and a quickly approaching election year, it would be easy to believe that climate policy will come to a...


Brett Fulcer
Oct 31, 2023
Rural Development Policy Opportunities for the Remainder of the 118th Congress
As we approach the last few weeks of the first session of the 118th Congress, many are beginning to review their progress on legislative...


Madeline Wade
Oct 30, 2023
Understanding EPA's PFAS Reporting Rule
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), otherwise known as forever chemicals, have been making headlines due to their persistent...


Charles Cooper
Oct 24, 2023
Company Executives Engaging in DC Should Keep a Narrow Focus
Many corporate executives view the policy ecosystem in DC as a dysfunctional space that provides them with more risk than opportunity...


Brett Fulcer
Oct 23, 2023
WRDA 2024 Outlook
For the last decade, Congress has been able to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) – a compilation of updates to water...


Charles Cooper
Oct 17, 2023
How to Navigate Congressional Dysfunction
As the House of Representatives has paused legislative business while it elects (or doesn’t elect) a new Speaker of the House, the...


Madeline Wade
Oct 15, 2023
Welcome to the Season of Climate Reporting
Companies are on the cusp of a significant transformation in climate-related financial regulations. The US Securities and Exchange...


Charles Cooper
Oct 12, 2023
The Issues Piling Up for the New Speaker of the House
When Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was elected Speaker of the House in January (after fifteen rounds of voting), I wrote that it was...
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