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Advocacy
Mar 04, 2020
Progress on Manufacturing Mandate priorities
What progress can manufacturers expect from Washington in 2020, especially given that it’s an election year? AMT provides input on issues that support R&D and innovation; increase global competitiveness; and build a Smartforce as dictated by...
Advocacy
Jan 10, 2020
Year-end victories shape 2020 agenda
Congress finished 2019 with a burst of activity, narrowly averting a government shutdown and moving the long-debated and delayed U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) one step closer to ratification. There was also progress on phase one of a...
Advocacy
Dec 12, 2019
Progress on trade and spending?
The president signed a continuing resolution funding government programs and agencies through Dec. 20. Funding would have run out on Nov. 21 without the stopgap resolution. The extra time probably isn’t enough for lawmakers to pass all 12 appropriation...
Advocacy
Oct 23, 2019
Government relations update
Congress passed a continuing resolution averting a government shutdown at the end of September and funding federal programs through November 21. After enacting a bipartisan budget deal this summer, House and Senate leaders acknowledged they...
Advocacy
Sep 11, 2019
After month-long recess, Congress gets back to work
While members of Congress were back home meeting with constituents last month, their staffs were busy in Washington working on a path to fund the government in FY20. Now, with fewer than 40 days left in the 2019 session, how will...
Advocacy
Aug 08, 2019
Be a manufacturing advocate
Use your voice this August recess to support your company and your industry. Congress adjourns in August so that lawmakers can return to their home states and districts to connect with their constituents. AMT encourages our members to take advantage...
International
Jun 24, 2019
USTR increases Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports; proposes new tariffs
Since my last report, the U.S.-China trade negotiations that were widely expected to move forward suffered a serious setback. President Trump, unhappy with the progress, directed the United States Trade Representative (USTR)...
Advocacy
Apr 09, 2019
President Trump submits his FY20 budget request
The Trump administration released the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget of the United States Government last month. “A Budget for a Better America: Promises Kept. Taxpayers First.” calls for a $4.7 trillion decrease in federal spending, with cuts to...
Advocacy
Jan 30, 2019
Shutdown Stalls Action
At press time, there are no signs that the government will reopen. The longer the shutdown goes on, the less likely there will be any real action in Congress this year. Not only is the showdown over the border wall stalling progress on a legislative...
Advocacy
Dec 12, 2018
Midterm elections: How will they influence the 2019 agenda?
When the dust finally settled on the mid-term elections, Democrats gained a net 39 seats, shifting control of the House of Representatives to the democrats. Republicans strengthened their majority in the Senate with a net pickup of three seats...
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