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September 28, 2020
AN UPDATE FROM NAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM - 9.28

It is increasingly unlikely that Congress will/can pass another round of COVID relief before they leave Washington later this week for the elections, and the possibility of another bill passing in the remaining weeks of October before the November election is almost equally unlikely.

September 24, 2020
AN UPDATE FROM NAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM - 9.24

Stopgap funding legislation to avert a government shutdown is currently waiting on action in the Senate. The continuing resolution (CR), which would keep the government funded through December 11th, easily passed the House on Tuesday

September 17, 2020
AN UPDATE FROM NAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM - 9.17

Earlier this week, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers put forward their own plan to deliver badly needed coronavirus relief amid a bitter stalemate between their party leaders. Shortly after, the proposal faced a sharp rebuke

September 14, 2020
AN UPDATE FROM NAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM - 9.14

With the defeat of the Senate’s “skinny” COVID relief package last week, is it generally assumed that Congress will not be able to pass another significant relief package before the election. There is, however, growing unrest

September 10, 2020
AN UPDATE FROM NAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM - 9.10

Today, Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote on the Republican “skinny” coronavirus relief bill, leaving prospects for the next round of relief aid in doubt. Fifty-two out of the 53-member GOP caucus voted in favor of the proposal, but

September 02, 2020
AN UPDATE FROM NAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM - 9.2

In late April, the House of Representatives passed a resolution establishing a bipartisan “Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis” to provide oversight of the Trump Administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin testified before

August 31, 2020
AN UPDATE FROM NAW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM - 8.31

On Friday evening, the Treasury/IRS finally released official guidance on the payroll tax deferral Executive Order, scheduled to take effect tomorrow, September 1st. Unfortunately, the guidance fails to address some of the concerns