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DOW TO LEAVE U.S. TRAVEL AFTER 17 YEARS: Roger Dow, the longtime president and chief executive of the
U.S. Travel Association, a top industry lobbying group, will step down next year, the association announced this morning. Dow, who joined the association in 2005, has extended his contract through next July while the group’s board of directors kicks off a search for his replacement. Dow has been a vocal advocate for the industry as the coronavirus pandemic decimated global travel, which has yet to fully rebound. The pandemic blunted 10 straight years of growth for U.S. Travel under Dow�
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VENUES STILL WAITING FOR CASH AFTER LOBBYING VICTORY: When the pandemic hit last year, concert and performing arts venues banded together to form the National Independent Venue Association, which spent months lobbying Congress to help them. They succeeded in December: Congress included a grant program for shuttered venues in the Covid relief.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signals her support.
Relief may be in sight for residents of high-tax states (for example, New York, New Jersey and California) who were affected by the cap of $10,000 on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction that was imposed by the Tax Cuts and Job Act. Four states had even filed a court challenge to the SALT cap, but that challenge was dismissed by a federal district court.
At a news conference on April 1, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated she would support a move to repeal the $10,000 cap in the infrastructure and social-spending program that Democrats are considering.
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Political consultant Andrea G. Bottner, founder of Bottner Strategies, LLC, is an expert in women’s issues and has earned the respect and admiration of some of Washington’s most influential policy makers. Bottner Strategies, LLC, works with advocacy groups, political organizations and private clients to offer a broad range of services, including strategic political planning, message creation and coalition building, among others. Currently, she is a senior advisor to Urban Swirski & Associates, as well as RightNOW Women.
Prior to creating Bottner Strategies, Bottner served at the U.S. Department of State as Director for the Office of International Women’s Issues. Hers was a powerful voice that helped shape foreign policy related to the political, economic, and social advancement of women worldwide. She has addressed more than a dozen delegations on women’s rights in the Middle East, South America, and various European countries. She has also had numerous speak
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