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Washington Weekly Update 5-28-24

Situational Awareness After four straight weeks in session, lawmakers in the House and Senate have returned to their congressional districts for a week-long recess. The time away from Capitol Hill will provide congressional staff with an opportunity to work without interruption on remaining to-do items,

Washington Weekly Update 5-20-24

Situational Awareness Both the Senate and House of Representatives are in session this week. Sunday night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released a “Dear Colleague” letter outlining his plan to put forward a bipartisan immigration reform and border security package on the Senate floor

Washington Weekly Update 5-13-24

Situational Awareness After departing Capitol Hill early last week after passing a short-term FAA reauthorization extension and blocking a motion to vacate Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), the House returns to vote this week on several bills dealing with consumer safety and border

Washington Weekly Update 5-6-24

Situational Awareness Both the Senate and House of Representatives are in this week. The Senate will continue to debate a five-year reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration. In the House, lawmakers are scheduled to vote on several pieces of legislation, including a bill that would

NCA Alert: DOL Finalizes Overtime Rule

Today, the Department of Labor finalized its regulation entitled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees covering exemptions from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA’s) minimum wage and overtime regulations.  The final rule increases the standard salary level as well as the

Washington Weekly Update 4-15-24

Overtime Rule Clears White House Review The White House Office of Management and Budget completed its review of the Department of Labor’s overtime rule. This is the final step in the rulemaking process before a final rule is released. The proposed rule would update exemption thresholds for overtime

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