On November 21 – 22, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce held its semiannual Labor Relations Committee Meeting in Washington, D.C. As a member of the Committee, IWLA engaged with allies and […]
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) released a summary of their Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Plan, which addresses the multiemployer pension funding crisis and aims to reform […]
The President recently signed a four-week continuing resolution (H.R. 3055) for government funding, which was passed by Congress as negotiations over funding for 2020 are ongoing. The short-term funding package […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Administration’s fall 2019 unified agenda of federal regulatory and deregulatory actions on November 20th. The biannual list provides updates […]
With the cancellation of the planned Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile, the White House and China are exploring alternative settings to sign phase one of a trade deal between […]
While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently said in an interview that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) is “the easiest trade deal that we’ve ever done,” those familiar with ongoing […]
On October 23, the House Education & Labor Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing entitled “The Future of Work: Preserving […]
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is reportedly working on a Republican-backed proposal to address issues related to multiemployer pension funds that are facing insolvency. While there is a […]
After a course of negotiations between China’s Vice Premier Liu He and President Trump, the White House announced that “phase one” of a trade deal between the nations had been […]
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a report on imposing a tax on vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) by commercial trucks. This sort of fee is seen as one potential option to […]
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