TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Common Cents Act of 2025 (H.R. 3074/S. 1525) is bipartisan U.S. legislation introduced in April 2025 to stop minting pennies, mandate rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel, and keep pennies as legal tender while removing them from general circulation, aiming to save taxpayer money and modernize currency, with sponsors including Reps. McClain/Garcia and Senators Lummis/Gillibrand
Lobbyists: ASHLEY CONEFF; ELIZABETH SHARP; DYLANN MIDDLETON
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Consideration of H.R.5267 and S. 3525 - The American Franchise Act to protect the franchise model and codify the existing joint employer standard into law. Reps. Kevin Hern and Don Davis lead in the House and Senators Angus King and Roger Marshall lead in the Senate.
Lobbyists: ELIZABETH SHARP; ASHLEY CONEFF; DYLANN MIDDLETON
TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)
The USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) is a modern trade pact that replaced NAFTA, effective July 1, 2020, aiming to boost North American manufacturing, support workers and farmers, and create fairer, more balanced trade by updating rules for the digital economy, agriculture, labor, and intellectual property, while strengthening supply chains for the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Individual tariffs
Lobbyists: ASHLEY CONEFF; ELIZABETH SHARP; DYLANN MIDDLETON
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE