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The Roundtable’s Overall Q4 2021 Sentiment Index registered a score of 73, which reflects continued optimism about general market conditions despite a slight dip of five points from the previous quarter.

House Democrats passed their “sweeping” reconciliation package of tax, health care, education, and climate initiatives Friday morning, a step that advances a “centerpiece” of President Biden’s domestic agenda and represents “the most significant restructuring of the [social] safety net in decades.” (Politico, Nov. 19)

The Real Estate Roundtable on Nov. 8 congratulated congressional policymakers and the Biden administration for their bipartisan efforts in passing the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill late last week. President Joe Biden plans to sign the legislation on Monday, Nov. 15 as Congress returns from recess to consider a separate $1.85 trillion social and climate package.

The Real Estate Roundtable congratulates congressional policymakers and the Biden administration for their bipartisan efforts in passing the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill. Statements from Roundtable Chair John Fish (Chairman and CEO, Suffolk) and Roundtable President and CEO Jeffrey DeBoer ...

An intense push by Democratic leaders this week to approve a $1 trillion “physical” infrastructure bill and a $1.85 trillion “human” infrastructure plan met resistance today from House progressives and moderates, who rejected ongoing efforts to vote on the bills until their concerns are addressed.

The Real Estate Roundtable strongly supports legislation introduced today that would create a federal backstop to ensure the availability of pandemic risk coverage in all critical commercial lines of insurance.

This week’s frenzy of infrastructure negotiations in Washington was capped off by the White House’s release yesterday of a pared down, $1.75 trillion framework agreement on “human” infrastructure legislation, which trimmed back potential tax increases on commercial real estate and other pass-through businesses.

Democrats this week struggled to reach agreement on cutting the cost of President Biden’s multitrillion “social infrastructure” proposal as Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) opposed any increase in marginal rates for businesses, high-income individuals or capital gains to pay for the package. Democrats aim to pass both the “human” and “physical’ infrastructure packages under a budget reconciliation process that requires approval of all 50 Democrats in the evenly divided Senate.

President Joe Biden yesterday signed a $480 billion increase in the federal government’s debt limit to $28.9 trillion, narrowly avoiding an Oct. 18 national default deadline. The debt increase – passed by the Senate last week and the House on Tuesday – sets the stage for another fiscal cliff negotiation in less than two months, when both the debt limit and funding for the government run out on Dec. 3.

Real Estate Roundtable members on Oct. 5 engaged national lawmakers on compelling policy issues impacting commercial real estate, economic growth and job creation – including tax revenue proposals in the infrastructure reconciliation bill, the debt ceiling, housing, climate change and cybersecurity legislation – during The Roundtable’s 2021 Fall Meeting.

Intense negotiations among moderate and progressive Democrats on the scope and cost of the $3.5 trillion “human” infrastructure package continued this week, delaying a vote yesterday on the $1 trillion bipartisan “physical” infrastructure bill. House progressives have insisted they will not vote for the bipartisan bill until Senate centrists commit to support a multitrillion-dollar social benefits package.