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Policy · 116th Congress

Courts, without law for guidance, setting value of cryptoassets

[jwp-video n=”1″] The U.S. Bankruptcy Code gives great latitude to judges in determining the type and amount of the recovery in fraudulent transfer cases.

January 28, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Rainy days ahead: States boost reserves anticipating slowdown

Loading…var rcrdTwitter = 1; A slowdown will also lead states to cut spending and possibly boost revenue, said Brian Sigritz, director of state fiscal studies as NASBO. 

January 27, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

EPA finalizes clean water rollback amid science challenges

[jwp-video n=”1″] The latest actions come four days after Trump said he had directed the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw a separate rule on reservoir and water supply operations proposed

January 23, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Emotional support animals could be banned from planes under DOT rule

[jwp-video n=”1″] Good boy Airlines would also be allowed to require passengers traveling with service dogs to fill out Department of Transportation forms attesting to the service animal’s good

January 22, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Report: Speed up drug development with artificial intelligence

[jwp-video n=”1″] Annual U.S. health care spending is set to reach about $6 trillion by 2027, with the federal portion of spending on health care programs, which account for a quarter of the

January 22, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Abortion policy activism heats up for Roe v. Wade anniversary

[jwp-video n=”1″] Upcoming events More than 100,000 abortion opponents are expected to rally for the March for Life on Jan. 24, with a 3,000-person conference scheduled the following day aimed

January 22, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Court tells teen plaintiffs it can’t force climate policy changes

In a 2-1 decision, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel accepted the argument that climate change had accelerated in recent years and that government policies encouraged fossil fuel use even as

By Jacob Fischler

January 17, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Puerto Rico earthquake supplemental under discussion in House

HUD Secretary Ben Carson first told Congress the regulations needed for the public notice would be issued by May 1 of last year.

January 15, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Crypto enthusiasts say new products lend bitcoin credibility

[jwp-video n=”1″] Clark Fonda, co-founder of Blockchain Advocacy Partners, said products with this level of regulatory oversight help his organization’s conversations with lawmakers.

January 14, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Appeals court hears arguments over health care cost-sharing subsidies

[jwp-video n=”1″] A district court judge recently awarded a separate class action involving more than 100 health plans $1.6 billion in cost-sharing payments.

January 9, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Success of tobacco age change will depend on state efforts

[jwp-video n=”1″] State actions The first statewide changes occurred in Hawaii and California in 2016, followed by New Jersey in November 2017.

January 8, 2020

Policy · 116th Congress

Court strikes down individual mandate for Obamacare

Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled, 2-1, in its long-awaited decision that the so-called “individual mandate” to get insurance cannot stand after Republicans zeroed out the tax penalty for not having

December 18, 2019

Policy · 116th Congress

Rules, privacy issues loom for fintech industry in 2020

[jwp-video n=”1″] One such measure, which would direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to study the potential for manipulation in digital commodities, could find its way into the CFTC

December 17, 2019

Policy · 116th Congress

Road proposal for Tongass includes another Alaska forest

[jwp-video n=”1″] “It came as a surprise,” Mike Anderson, an analyst with The Wilderness Society, an environmental group against the rollbacks, said of the Chugach provision.

December 16, 2019

Policy · 116th Congress

Ways and Means offers its own plan on surprise medical bills

[jwp-video n=”1″] The statement comes after the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced a different agreement earlier this week with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman

December 12, 2019

Policy · 116th Congress

Trade deal sparks divisions in K Street

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December 11, 2019

Policy · 116th Congress

Regulators warn about fraudsters creating synthetic borrowers

[jwp-video n=”1″] Detecting it could require further innovation than currently exists, though.

December 10, 2019

Policy · 116th Congress

Some fear new federal rules on hemp production may go too far

[jwp-video n=”1″] Early moves The basic regulatory approach stems from the 2014 farm bill, which included provisions backed by Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, now the Senate majority leader

December 9, 2019

Policy · 116th Congress

The perils of positive thinking

[jwp-video n=”1″] “Find a way to bring this in under budget and ahead of schedule” is not an order anyone with a modicum of ambition ignores, even if it’s next to impossible to obey.

December 5, 2019

Policy · 116th Congress

Former EPA advisers say agency’s mercury proposal is flawed

[jwp-video n=”1″] Environmental groups have warned the proposal would allow oil and gas operations to launch costly lawsuits to kill the air pollution rule by questioning the agency’s authority

December 5, 2019