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Presidential Election Year Holds Little Promise

January 5, 2016Tim CanslerGovt NewsCongress, Lobbying, Lobbyist, Policy Changes, Presidential Election Year, Washington, Washington DC

2015 Productive Legislative Year For Congress, But 2016 Presidential Election Year Holds Little Promise

The U.S. House and Senate reconvened in January for the 2^nd Session of the 114^th Congress after closing out a very productive and bipartisan 1^st legislative session. Major accomplishments during the last session of Congress included:

repairing how the Medicare program pays physicians
overhauling the education law No Child Left Behind
adopting a 5 (but will become a 3)-year highway bill totaling $300 billion
passing all 12 appropriations bills in a $1.15 trillion Omnibus spending bill that funds all government agencies for FY 2016 and includes policy riders that end the ban on U.S. exports of crude oil and helps resolve data breaches of government information.…
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