Situational Awareness On Saturday, Congress averted a government shutdown after Speaker Kevin McCarthy led a successful last-minute effort to pass a short-term spending bill with a significant bipartisan majority. After brief theatrics in both chambers, including the pulling of a House Office fire alarm by
Situational Awareness Both the House and Senate are in session this week. With only five work days left until government funding expires, leadership in both chambers will focus their efforts on drafting and passing a short-term spending measure to fund the government past September 30.
Club Insider Brief – Sept. 20Club Insider Brief (CIB) covers what we’re reading, to what other clubs are doing, governance solutions, golf/tennis/yacht trends, unlocked NCA articles and legal updates. It’s a must-read for all club staff and leaders—and remains a free benefit for the entire club
Situational Awareness After cancelling a vote on a defense spending bill last week amidst opposition from conservative Republicans, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will use this week to rally his Conference behind passing a short-term funding measure that would fund the government past
Situational Awareness The House and Senate are back in session this week. The House will consider its Defense and Homeland Security appropriations bills. The Senate will begin floor debate on its first package of bipartisan appropriations legislation, which includes the Senate’s Agriculture-FDA, Military Construction-VA and
Club Insider Brief – Sept. 6Club Insider Brief (CIB) covers what we’re reading, to what other clubs are doing, governance solutions, golf/tennis/yacht trends, unlocked NCA articles and legal updates. It’s a must-read for all club staff and leaders—and remains a free benefit for the entire club
Situational Awareness The Senate returns to Capitol Hill this week following its six-week August recess. While Congress was away, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) began negotiations on a short-term spending measure to prevent a government shutdown.
This morning, the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would amend the Fair Labor Standard Act by extending overtime protections to salaried workers earning less than $1,059 per week, about $55,000 per year. The current income threshold
This morning, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would revise existing regulations regarding who can be authorized by employees to act as a representative accompanying an OSHA compliance officer during a physical workplace inspection (also referred to as a “walkaround
Club Insider Brief – August 23Club Insider Brief (CIB) covers what we’re reading, to what other clubs are doing, governance solutions, golf/tennis/yacht trends, unlocked NCA articles and legal updates. It’s a must-read for all club staff and leaders—and remains a free benefit for the entire club