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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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BUSINESS GROUPS CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED BY CDC MASK GUIDANCE: The Biden administration’s announcement Thursday that fully vaccinated Americans can ditch their masks in most situations is undoubtedly a major milestone in the country’s fight against Covid-19. But trade groups representing the businesses, and a union representing the workers who will now be tasked with enforcing mask-wearing for unvaccinated people, are now scrambling to parse what the guidance means for their members.
Larry Lynch, who as senior vice president of science and industry for the National Restaurant Association handles its Covid operating guidance, said in an interview that the new recommendations may be the industry’s biggest challenge yet. “We don t know how to be the vaccine police,” he said. “CDC didn t do us didn t do the industry, any big favors,” he added, though “it certainly helped consumers.”
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HOW THE FEC IS CONSIDERING FIGHTING SCAM PACS: The FEC on Thursday weighed its options aimed at fighting the rise of so-called scam PACs, which steer donations from unwitting donors typically into the pockets of those running the fundraising operation rather than the candidates contributors think they’re supporting, and which have been on the rise in recent years.
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UNIONS MOBILIZE TO PRESSURE SENATORS ON PRO ACT: The AFL-CIO is leading a national day of action today, with more than 200 other unions, affiliates and allies urging senators to back the House-passed labor overhaul known as the PRO Act. The sweeping legislation would make it easier for workers to form unions and extend collective bargaining rights to independent contractors, and President