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May 11, 2012

U.S. CRE MARKET CONDITIONS
Commercial Real Estate Mending But Still Vulnerable to Ongoing Economic and Political Risks, Refinancing Challenges, Roundtable’s Q2 Sentiment Survey Shows
HOTEL & LODGING REGULATIONS/ADA
House Votes to Block FY2013 Funding for DOJ Proposal Requiring Permanent, Hard-Wired Pool Lifts; New Deadline Looms on May 15
BUDGET & TAX POLICY
House Votes on Dueling GOP, Democratic “Sequestration Alternatives” Trigger Fresh Debate on U.S. Tax and Spending Priorities; White House Threatens Veto of GOP Plan to Cut Social Services Spending

May 4, 2012

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EPA Misses Deadline on Proposing Post-Constructon Stormwater Rule, Amid Difficulties in Assessing Costs, Benefits; Rule Could be Delayed at Least a Year
TAX POLICY
Roundtable Letter to Treasury Urges Repeal of 2007 Rule Extending FIRPTA’s Reach

April 27, 2012

HOTEL ACCESSIBILITY REGULATIONS
House Lawmakers Scrutinize ADA Pool Lift Requirements Affecting Hotel Owners
ACCOUNTING POLICY
FASB, IASB Expect to Finalize Controversial Lease Accounting Overhaul by Mid-2013; Business Coalition Presses for Economic Impact Analysis, Re-Issuance of Entire Proposal
CAPITAL & CREDIT
Bernanke Warns of Year-End “Fiscal Cliff” that Could Derail Economic Recovery; CMBS Delinquencies Spike for the First Time Since Last October

April 20, 2012

SPRING 2012 ROUNDTABLE MEETING
U.S. Real Estate, Political Leaders Discuss National and Real Estate Industry Concerns — from Weak Job Creation, Debt Refinancing and FIRPTA, to “Taxmageddon” and ADA Pool Lift Regulations

April 13, 2012

ELECTIONS 2012 & TAX POLICY
As Tax Day Looms, Democrats Prepare for High-Stakes Senate Vote on “Buffett Rule”; 13 GOP Senators Targeted
JOBS & ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Amid Disappointing Job Creation Data, Key Fed Officials Endorse Plans for Ultra-Low Interest Rates into 2014; Hints at Additional Policy Action to Bolster Economic Recovery (But Not “QE3”)
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Council on Foreign Relations Memo Suggests Modest, Incremental Policy Action on Transportation Infrastructure as Best Option in Today’s Highly Polarized Political Environment

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