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Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs Lawmakers are scheduled to return to the Capitol after Labor Day. They will have 11 legislative days before the government shuts down … Read More

Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs After two weeks of almost daily meetings, negotiations on another round of coronavirus relief have stalled out. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer … Read More

Aindriu Colgan | NSWA Vice President, Governmental Affairs House Democrats and Senate Republicans remain far apart on a promised compromise relief package ahead of the August recess. Early last week, … Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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