Balance of Power Senate: 48 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats House: 220 Republicans, 213 Democrats, 2 Vacancies** Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was expelled; his seat will be filled by a special election on February 13th. The DCCC and Dem aligned House Majority PAC have already announced nearly $6 million in expenditures to […]
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Top Line Take Aways: For the first time in what feels like forever we won’t have any budget brinksmanship threatening your holiday travel plans. HOWEVER, the House still has five bills it can’t garner 218 votes for and there’s no indication House and Senate Leaders are anywhere near agreeing on top line spending levels. However, […]
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Elevate Government Affairs, LLC is excited to announce that it has bolstered its next generation energy practice by hiring Allison Nyholm as an Executive Vice President. Allison comes to Elevate after having spent the past several years at the American Council on Renewable Energy. Allison will continue to build out the firm’s energy practice and […]
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Balance of Power Senate: 48 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats House: 221 Republicans, 212 Democrats, 2 Vacancies Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) resigned his seat June 1st, to become CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. The special election will be on Tuesday, November 7th. This is a safe Democratic seat. Rep. Chris Stewart […]
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How Did We Get Here? Pretty much everyone involved in this fiasco did just about everything in their power to ensure the Office of the Speaker of the House would be vacated, like a bizarre Congressional version of the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) crew clearly thought Speaker McCarthy would cut a deal […]
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Balance of Power Senate: 47 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats, 1 Vacancy* Governor Newsom appointed EMILY’s List President Laphonza Butler to serve out the remaining 15 months of the late Senator Diane Feinstein’s term. House: 221 Republicans, 212 Democrats, 2 Vacancies* Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) resigned his seat June 1st, to become […]
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Top Line Take Aways: The potential for a full government shutdown will dominate all discourse in Washington and drown out pretty much everything else that needs to get done in September. Speaker McCarthy is currently floating a 30-day Continuing Resolution (CR) to his members, while Senate Republican Leader McConnell has said he expects a CR […]
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Top Line Take Aways: House and Senate Leadership are trying to cram an awful lot of legislation into three weeks before recessing for the summer. It’s inevitable that something will slip until Congress returns in September. We unpack everything we hear will see floor action in July below and you’ll get a sense of what […]
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Elevate Government Affairs, a premier bipartisan and bicameral lobbying firm, is expanding its suite of client services by launching a digital advocacy practice, which will include digital advocacy and grassroots activation capabilities. Bret Manley, Executive Vice President, will lead Elevate’s new stream of work. “During my many years of campaign experience in targeted, competitive Congressional […]
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