The meeting may happen over the weekend, according to Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), a key moderate who late last week affirmed his aversion to acting through the budget reconciliation process, preferring a bipartisan approach.ĭuring a first briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Administration is "not taking any tools off the table for how the … House and Senate can get this urgent package done" when asked how long they will wait for Republican support to materialize before turning to reconciliation for the $1.9 trillion plan.Ī third option - #1 is a big bipartisan bill, #2 is a partisan reconciliation bill - is #3, "a bipartisan bill to dole out quick cash for vaccine distribution and $1,400 stimulus checks that would cost far less than the $1.9 trillion package that Biden initially sought," Politico said. Politico reported January 20 that the Administration (possibly NEC Director Deese) will soon meet with a bipartisan group of centrist senators who jumpstarted COVID relief negotiations late in 2020. With Democratic control in Washington cemented, the next question is how, and how soon, they can act on Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID/stimulus plan and the rest of his agenda. Tax news this morning: Mark Mazur, "the top Treasury Department tax-policy official during the Obama administration, is heading back into government temporarily" and "will work until the Senate confirms someone for his old job: assistant secretary for tax policy," the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Joe Biden is president and Kamala Harris is vice president and the tiebreaking vote in the Senate now that three new Democrats have been sworn in (Padilla, to replace her, plus Ossoff and Warnock from the Georgia special elections), making Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) the majority leader. Look for more information about this campaign in a special issue of ACPA TODAY, which will be published tomorrow (Thursday).įollow this link to see ACPA’s government affairs repository.What to expect in Washington (January 21) Laura Perrotta, AHUA President and CEO, highlighted a new highway funding advocacy campaign called # fightforhighways and underscored how important it is that Congress acts on relief funding for DOTs to help ensure projects don’t get delayed or cancelled moving forward. Looking ahead at the Senate’s Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act, Senator McConnell’s proposal included a $13 billion THUD portion, with about $10 billion designated mostly for airports to maintain operations, and no funds designated for State DOTs. As we reported, ATIA was passed by the Senate last year. The officials presented updates on highway and airport relief funding, as well as long-term investment measures, including the America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA), which Rebecca Higgins suggested Senate Democrats are in favor of passing and going to conference with the House passed bill. ACPA participated in a roundtable discussion by web yesterday.įeatured presenters included Clare Doherty, Staff Director of the House Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Michael Falencki, Minority Staff Director for the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit (T&I Committee) Rebecca Higgins, Senior Policy Advisor for the Senate EPW Committee Richard Russell, Senate EPW Staff Director and Aruna Kalyanam, Majority Tax Counsel for the House Ways & Means Committee.
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