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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

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

Bipartisan Priorities to Keep an Eye on in 2024

Brett Fulcer

Dec 5, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

The EXPLORE Act is Gaining Bipartisan and Bicameral Momentum

Charles Cooper

Dec 4, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

Legislative Outlook for the Remainder of 2023

Brett Fulcer

Nov 28, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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 ...

The U.S.-China Reset: What Happens with 301 Tariffs?

Charles Cooper

Nov 21, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

Appropriators keep retiring. What does that mean for the spending process?

Madeline Wade

Nov 15, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

Breaking Down Biden’s Recent Investments in Rural Communities

Brett Fulcer

Nov 8, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

Rural Development Policy Opportunities for the Remainder of the 118th Congress

Brett Fulcer

Oct 31, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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

Brumidi Team Insights

Understanding EPA's PFAS Reporting Rule

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), otherwise known as forever chemicals, have been making headlines due to their persistent...

Company Executives Engaging in DC Should Keep a Narrow Focus

Charles Cooper

Oct 24, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

How to Navigate Congressional Dysfunction

Charles Cooper

Oct 17, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

Welcome to the Season of Climate Reporting

Madeline Wade

Oct 15, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

The Issues Piling Up for the New Speaker of the House

Charles Cooper

Oct 12, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

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...

How Does Congress Move Forward on FY24 Appropriations?

Brett Fulcer

Oct 10, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

How Does Congress Move Forward on FY24 Appropriations?

Although Congress was able to narrowly avoid a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution just hours before the start of the...

Questions That Will Drive Who Republicans Choose to Nominate for Speaker

Charles Cooper

Oct 3, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

Questions That Will Drive Who Republicans Choose to Nominate for Speaker

Now that a motion to vacate the chair has officially removed the Speaker from his elected leadership position, House Republicans have the...

Five Takeaways from the Brink of a Government Shutdown

Charles Cooper

Oct 2, 2023

Brumidi Team Insights

Five Takeaways from the Brink of a Government Shutdown

The last-minute strategy shift by House Republican leadership to pass an extension of current funding (through a 45-day continuing...