Government Relations Updates
This week was busy in the aftermath of a major winter storm that cancelled a few committee meetings. But, Mayor Parker attended the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the city of Philadelphia filed an injunction against the federal government over the removal of panels depicting America’s history of slavery at the President’s House site near Independence Hall. Governor Shapiro joined in filing an amicus brief in solidarity. Meanwhile, City Council introduced a package of bills called “ICE Out”, aimed at strengthening protections for immigrant communities.
The Bellevue Compass
The timeline is shrinking for Congress to pass its appropriations funding bills, and the legislation is hitting major snags in the Senate. Read our analysis on The Bellevue Compass of this week’s events before the votes happen today.
In Case You Missed It
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released 3 million additional documents relating to the Epstein Files to the public, via The Hill.
In Economics: President Trump sues the IRS for $10B over leaked tax returns, and announced Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair nominee.
Can the United States’ electrical grid keep up with the increased demand from data centers? In its annual Long-Term Reliability Assessment, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) warns that data centers and other large processing facilities will likely outpace energy supply growth.
The US Dollar dropped to its lowest point in four years on Tuesday, according to the ICE U.S. Dollar Index, the Intercontinental Exchange’s measure of the currency against six others, including the Euro and Pound.
That’s all for now.
See you next week.
The Bellevue Team