Labor and Employment
Employees International Union Files Amended Lobbying Disclosure
The Service Employees International Union filed an amended 2025 Q3 lobbying disclosure on July 9, 2026, reporting $260,000 in expenditures for the quarter.
Economic Security Zones: Examining Risks to Workers
The economic security zones hearing scheduled for next week will examine whether these initiatives are working and what risks they pose to American...
Family Child Care Group Hires Raben for Advocacy
The National Association for Family Child Care filed a new lobbying registration with Raben Group LLC on June 29, 2026, marking its entry into direct...
Farm Safety Net Programs Face Service Delivery Challenges
The Trump administration defended its farm safety net investments and program modernization efforts at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on June 24,...
NACE Ends Lobbying Relationship With MWW Group
The National Association of Colleges and Employers ended its lobbying relationship with MWW Group Inc. on June 30, 2026, according to a lobbying disclosure...
Senate Honors Journeyman Lineworkers with Bipartisan Support
In a moment of uncommon accord, the Senate passed a symbolic measure honoring electrical lineworkers with overwhelming bipartisan support. S.Res. 794...
Senate Vote Could Reshape Labor Policy Forever
The Senate HELP Committee is set to vote on three Trump administration nominees in a procedural meeting that carries outsized significance for labor policy....
Congress Debates Apprenticeships Amid Funding Cuts
Why it matters: The House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a congressional apprenticeship hearing on June 24, 2026, examining...
Committee Advances Contentious Defense, Tax, Disability Bills
The House Rules Committee is preparing to advance three bills with significant reach across defense, tax policy, and disability employment. A House hearing...
Senate Confirms Labor Leaders Reshaping Federal Workplace Policy
The Senate HELP Committee is moving to confirm four nominees who will reshape federal labor policy after Trump's administration purged leadership at key...
National Grocers Association Focuses on Small Business
The National Grocers Association has registered Venable LLP as its lobbying firm in a new client registration filed on June 16, 2026. The lobbying...
Service Delivery In Question as Federal Government Sheds Jobs
A comprehensive accounting of federal workforce changes 2025 reveals a dramatic reshaping of the federal government. According to a Government...
Returning Service Members Face Job Discrimination
The federal government is struggling to protect service members from workplace discrimination and retaliation when they return from military duty. [GAP] A...
DOD Struggles to Staff Child Care for 172,000 Military Children
The Department of Defense operates the largest employer-sponsored child care program in the United States, serving nearly 172,000 children of service...
Congress Examines Apprenticeship Expansion Successes
The Biden administration and Republican Congress have spent the past year pouring resources into apprenticeships as an alternative to four-year college...
Senate Advances NCAA Bill on Name, Image, Likeness Reform
Senate Commerce Committee Advances College Sports Bill Amid Trump Administration Push
Seismic Software Hires Key Lobbyist on Labor and Antitrust
Seismic Software Inc. has registered its first lobbying effort, bringing Miller Strategies LLC on board to navigate complex labor and antitrust policy...
Federal Rescue Stabilizes Pension Benefits for 1.8 Million Workers
A new Congressional Research Service report on multiemployer pension plans lands at a moment of genuine tension: a $77.9 billion federal rescue program...