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War Powers Reform Bill Far Better Than Feared The Capitol Dome provides the background as U.S. servicemembers prepare for the 56th presidential inauguration rehearsal Jan. 11 in Washington, D.C. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the inauguration. (U.S. Air Force) (Image by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo) In recent months, we’ve seen efforts to repeal some but not other AUMFs (Authorizations for the Use of Military Force), plus talk of creating a new AUMF (why?!). And for years we’ve watched people like Senator Kaine talk about reclaiming Co...

EIG American Dynamism Series | The Case for Non-compete Reform   On April 29th, the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) hosted a webinar to discuss the Workforce Mobility Act [1], recently reintroduced bipartisan legislation from U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Todd Young (R-IN), that would limit the use of non-compete agreements that curtail worker mobility, stem wage growth, and stifle entrepreneurship and innovation. Today, around 20 percent of American workers are covered by a non-compete agreement. Non-compete agreements have negative effects on all workers but are especially damagin...

The federal budget package released Monday afternoon includes language (Division FF, Title V) repealing 2009 and 2012 bills associated with the plan to relocate the animal disease research facility on Plum Island to Manhattan, Kansas. The House and Senate are expected to pass the bill promptly, and the president is expected to sign it. This action will restore the normal disposal procedure for federal property instead of auctioning it off to the highest bidder. Next steps then include ensuring the island is transferred to another federal agency, state, or other body, a process that may take...

Original Story Follows: The long-dreaded federal auction of Plum Island has likely been cancelled with the approval by the U.S. Congress Monday night of the 2021 federal spending bill. The 822-acre federally owned island off Orient Point has long been home to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, which is being replaced by a new facility in Manhattan, Kansas, which is expected to be fully operational by 2022. Laws passed by the federal government in 2008 and 2012 had mandated Plum Island be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, and New York and Connecticut lawmakers have been workin...

August 29, ambassador bolton and president zelensky. september 1, vice president pence meets with president zelensky and septembes murphy and johnson meet with president zelensky. none of those meetings, none of those meetings did any linkage to security assistance dollars and an announcement or the start of any investigation ever come up. none of them. but he seems to be the one that's the most important is probably the one we have talked least about and that is the september 5 meeting. that is actually a meeting where there's -- it's much more congressional focused than white house focused. ...