While a tax bill at only $350 billion greatly reduces the potentialfor economic growth under the President's original plan, higherlevels of economic growth can still be achieved if Congress enactsthe best provisions of the President's plan.
High on the Senate's post-recess agenda will be confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. A potentially tense Senate Judiciary Committee markup, followed by up to a week of floor debate and a dramatic up-or-down vote by the full Senate will dominate the Senate's September agenda.
Bloated COVID Relief Package Misses Mark
Source: Life Science Leader
By John McManus, president and founder, The McManus Group
Dear reader, it has been my pleasure to write a monthly column for Life Science Leader for the past seven years, and this is my final column. Hopefully, it has provided insight into the “sausage-making” process of Washington that produces public policy impacting the life sciences sector.
One thing you may have concluded from my observations is that hyperbole and populist rhetoric on both sides of the aisle too often outweigh data and objective analysis. But that’s the unfortunate current nature of politics. Inflaming and channeling public outrage for personal or partisan political advancement can result in serious, untoward collateral damage that adversely impacts the very patients that politicians purport to be assisting.