Legislation that would dramatically increase Social Security taxes and benefits has been introduced in the House and Senate. Chairman of the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee... Read more
Citing “substantial progress” in trade talks, President Donald Trump announced he is delaying the increase in tariffs on Chinese-made goods that had been set to take effect on March 1. No t... Read more
Participants in the Society of American Florists’ 39th Annual Congressional Action Days, March 11-12, will head to their congressional appointments prepped with persuasion tactics from an ex... Read more
This week, the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure held a hearing entitled “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot Wait.” The heari... Read more
Award-winning journalist A.B. Stoddard will headline the SAFPAC Reception and Dinner, Tuesday, March 12, offering her nonpartisan insight on the top political news of the day. The dinner, he... Read more
First Timers Bring New Perspectives to Congressional Action Days
By attending CAD, you will see and hear vital information regarding the floral industry and so much more first hand. To receive first-hand information is priceless — you cannot continue to... Read more
In keeping with the scheduled fee increases noted in an October 2015 rule, the Agriculture Quarantine Inspection (AQI) treatment monitoring fee charged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’... Read more
Although eighty-seven percent of employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are exempt from a lapse in government funding, the E-Verify system, administered by the US Citizenship... Read more
Predicting legislative actions at the beginning of a new Congress is always a highly speculative effort but this year it’s even more difficult because of the shutdown. The 116th Congr... Read more
Following a prolonged budget impasse, the federal government was poised at press time to initiate a partial shutdown midnight on Friday. Earlier this week, the Senate passed a short-term spe... Read more