June 5, 2025
(CRCL) Stablecoin Legislation Update
In light of the successful—at least so far— Circle Internet Group (CRCL) IPO today, we wanted to offer an update on stablecoin legislation (S. 394, the GENIUS Act), which benefits CRCL and which we believe…
June 2, 2025
Capitol Policy Weekly-June 2-6: Reconciliation, Stablecoins, Trade, Russian Sanctions, FY26 Spending Kicks Off and Rescissions
Congress returns this week after its weeklong Memorial Day recess, and the Senate will work on the House-passed reconciliation bill in earnest behind the scenes while the stablecoin legislation, the GENIUS Act, will probably reach…
May 29, 2025
Trade Update: What’s Next after Reciprocal Tariffs?
We have the following thoughts about the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruling against President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to implement the reciprocal tariffs and how it might…
May 28, 2025
T-Bill Demand, Credit Card Regulation and Stablecoins
We continue to believe that stablecoin legislation, known as the GENIUS Act (S. 1582) in the Senate, is likely to pass in that chamber in the next couple of weeks, creating a regulatory framework for…
May 23, 2025
Trade Update: EU, Apple, Japan and Sectoral Tariffs
Given Trump’s trade pronouncement on the EU and Apple (AAPL) today, we want to provide an update on trade and tariffs. We see a real potential for EU tariffs to go into effect at least…
May 19, 2025
Capitol Policy Weekly –May 19-23: Reconciliation, U.S. Debt Downgrade, and Trade
We think Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is likely to pull off passing the reconciliation / tax bill this week before Congress goes out on its Memorial Day recess, though getting there is going to take…
May 13, 2025
Reconciliation Bill Moving Forward: House Business Tax Provisions
We continue to assign high odds that the reconciliation / tax bill will pass by late July / early August. The bill included many corporate and individual tax provisions. We focus on the corporate provisions…
May 13, 2025
Trade Update: Reciprocal Tariffs in the Courts
We continue to believe that President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs face a real risk from the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) case, V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump, which will be heard today. In what might…
May 12, 2025
Capitol Policy Weekly—May 12 through May 16: Reconciliation, Medicare MFN, and Trade
This week is an important week for the reconciliation / tax bill as three important committees plan to mark up their versions of the bill. In addition, President Trump is scheduled to sign an executive…
May 8, 2025
Trade Update: China Trade Talks, Reciprocal Tariffs and Semiconductors
On the heels of the UK trade deal announced this morning, we have the following updates on: China trade talks; The U.S. Court of International Trade reciprocal trade case; and Potential semiconductor tariffs. On trade…