Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs Coronavirus Relief Update The window for applying for small business loans through the Paycheck Protection Program ended this week. As of the end of … Read More
House Votes to Expand PPP
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs House Votes to Expand PPP Last week, the House of Representatives voted 417-1 to approve bipartisan expansions to the Paycheck Protection Program … Read More
Lawmakers Press Expansions to PPP
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs Lawmakers Press Expansions to PPP Top Congressional tax writers sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin urging his Department to allow businesses to deduct … Read More
Federal Aid Programs Expanded
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs Federal Aid Programs Expanded Eligibility for two federal aid programs were significantly expanded last week. Yet, despite Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s insistence that … Read More
Additional Funding for PPP
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs Additional Funding for PPP Last week Congress passed a fourth coronavirus relief bill, dubbed “COVID 3.5,” to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program, which had become … Read More
Tentative Agreement on Additional Funding for PPP
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs Tentative Agreement on Additional Funding for PPP Late Sunday night, lawmakers and the White House came to a tentative agreement on additional funding for … Read More
OPEC+ Agree to Cut Production
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs OPEC+ Agree to Cut Production Last Thursday, a marathon video conference between OPEC and other major energy producers ended with the group … Read More
Washington Works to Solve Historically Low Oil Prices
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs President Trump Meets with Oil Executives President Trump met Friday with the head of the American Petroleum Institute (API), Continental Resources founder … Read More
President Signs Third Coronavirus Relief Bill
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs Last week, President Trump officially signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law 116-136) into law, following passage by the House earlier in … Read More
Summary of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Senate Substitute Amendment to H.R. 748)
Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs After countless hours of negotiation between Congressional leaders and the White House, a final deal on the third coronavirus-related bill was reached … Read More