May 10, 2017
Last week was a busy one in Washington. Glenn Hamer and a group of Chamber members joined the Greater Phoenix Economic Council in a trip to Washington, D.C. for a series of meetings. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed legislation appropriating funds for the government through the end of September. The House Financial Services Committee continued their work on Dodd-Frank reform. And – oh yes – the House of Representatives passed their version of healthcare legislation that would repeal and replace Obamacare.
HR 1628 – The American Health Care Act – is significant both as a legislative product and as part of the legislative and political process, so we’re going to examine the bill both ways. Todd Smith and Blake Fulenwider, Total Spectrum’s newest partners, are both experts in health care legislation, and have taken the lead in a review of what’s in the House bill.
Steve Gordon discusses the legislative and political impact of the House healthcare bill, the legislation that kept the lights on in government, and some of the other things he heard last week in Heard on the Hill. John McKechnie, Total Spectrum’s Senior Partner, writes about the bill that was passed out of the House Financial Services Committee to modernize Dodd-Frank.