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B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 14, 2012, previously published on November 13, 2012 Despite the long campaign season the status quo remains in Washington, D.C. Democrats will maintain their current control of the White House and Senate and the GOP will keep the House. Even before President Obama’s second term begins, and the 113th Congress is sworn in, law makers will be...
| | House and Senate Pass Legislation To Fund Federal Government
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 26, 2012, previously published on September 24, 2012 Early Saturday morning the Senate passed, in a 62-30 vote, the six-month continuing resolution (CR) which the House had passed, in a 329-91 vote, the previous week. The legislation (H J Res 117) will fund the federal government until March 27 of next year.
| | Congressional Update Client Alert
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 12, 2012, previously published on September 11, 2012 Yesterday, President Obama issued an executive order establishing the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council to oversee restoration projects that will be funded by fines from the BP oil spill. The RESTORE Act, which was part of the transportation bill approved in July, will funnel 80 percent of...
| | Congressional Update Client Alert
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 7, 2012, previously published on September 4, 2012 Congress is set to reconvene next week after its annual August recess adjournment comes to an end. In the months preceding the November elections much of the coming debate is expected to be geared towards the fiscal blueprint of the nation.
| | Update: Tax Cut Measures in House and Senate
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 6, 2012, previously published on August 3, 2012 The battle in Congress over tax cuts began last week and is expected to continue as the parties sharpen their divide as they advance to the fall elections.
| | House and Senate Agree to Consider Six-Month Continuing Resolution
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 2, 2012, previously published on August 1, 2012 Today, Speaker John Boehner released a statement announcing that House and Senate leaders had reached an agreement to consider a six-month continuing resolution, in September, consistent with the spending cap level in the Budget Control Act.
| | House Schedules Vote to Repeal President Obama's Health Care Legislation
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 30, 2012, previously published on July 11, 2012 With the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Obama's health care legislation behind them, House Republicans have scheduled a July 11 floor vote on legislation that would repeal the current enacted law.
| | Surface Transportation Agreement Sent to President
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 30, 2012, previously published on July 1, 2012 The House and the Senate gave final passage to a two-year extension of the Highway Bill. By a vote of 373-52, the House first cleared the measure paving way for the Senate to pass the bill by a vote of 74-19. The Senate spent the afternoon trying to attach several unrelated provisions to the bill...
| | Surface Transportation Agreement
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 7, 2012, previously published on June 28, 2012 Yesterday evening, highway bill conferees singed off on an agreement that would fund federal surface transportation programs at current levels through September 2014. The agreement would provide states more than two years of funding certainty. Both sides made significant compromises to reach an...
| | Surface Transportation Reauthorization Update
B. Jeffrey Brooks; Adams and Reese LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 24, 2012, previously published on February 22, 2012 Prior to this week’s Congressional recess, amendments were submitted for the surface transportation reauthorization legislation that is being deliberated in both the House and Senate. Currently, there are separate bills in each chamber of Congress: “Moving Ahead for Progress in the...
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