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Advocacy
Dec 17, 2020
The Election is Over. What Happens Now?
Last month, Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden was elected president, defeating President Donald Trump, the Republican incumbent. In Congress, the GOP made significant gains in the House of Representatives, and the Senate’s majority will be...
Advocacy
Aug 28, 2020
August Stimulus Update
Chief negotiators at the White House, Senate, and House remain deadlocked on a relief package to follow the CARES Act, despite the expiration of extended unemployment benefits and the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in July...
Advocacy
Aug 14, 2020
Mr. Shinbara Goes to Washington: A Manufacturing Technology Blog
Tim Shinbara has been serving as a Congressional Fellow in the office of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. as the chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (SBC). The SBC develops legislation to strengthen small businesses...
Advocacy
Aug 13, 2020
President Signs Executive Actions on Coronavirus
With negotiations on the next COVID-19 package stalled and some benefits expiring, President Donald Trump issued four executive actions to provide some relief until an agreement is reached. They include payroll tax deferral, student loan debt relief...
Advocacy
Aug 03, 2020
How Innovative Partnerships and Policies Bolster U.S. Manufacturing
The current pandemic and the U.S. economic, manufacturing, and supply chain vulnerabilities it has exposed have led to a renewed concern among many business leaders, policymakers, and economists about ways to strengthen the U.S. industrial base...
Intelligence
Aug 03, 2020
USMCA Launches
July 1 saw the implementation of the new NAFTA, NAFTA 2.0, or as our government calls it, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. Trade Representative, called the implementation of the USMCA...
Advocacy
Jul 30, 2020
Phase 4 COVID-19 Relief Negotiations Continue
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., released the HEALS Act (Health; Economic Assistance and Liability Protection; and Schools) last week, the Senate Republican leadership’s coronavirus relief proposal. The House Democrats introduced their...
Advocacy
Jul 16, 2020
BIS Seeks Comments on Export Controls on Huawei
In June, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a rule permitting limited sharing of some export-controlled technology with Chinese telecom giant Huawei in the context of international efforts to establish technical...
Advocacy
Jul 02, 2020
Congress Breathes New Life into Paycheck Protection Program
The Senate unexpectedly voted to extend the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) hours before it expired, with more than $130 billion in funds left unused. The legislation, passed with unanimous consent, moves the ...
Advocacy
May 08, 2020
AMT Urges Lawmakers to Protect Manufacturers from COVID-19 Lawsuits
COVID-19 has created unprecedented uncertainty for manufacturers deemed essential to the pandemic relief efforts. These companies have remained open to aid in the COVID-19 response. Now, because of their laudable efforts to help this country get back on...
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