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National lawmakers and industry leaders this week discussed a wide range of policy issues – including cybersecurity, infrastructure, climate, taxes, and post-pandemic reopening of businesses – during The Real Estate Roundtable’s 2021 Annual Meeting, where John F. Fish (Chairman and CEO, Suffolk) was elected as Roundtable Chair, effective July 1. (Watch Incoming Chair Fish’s remarks)...

Months of negotiations on bipartisan infrastructure legislation between President Biden and Republicans led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) collapsed this week – and talks have shifted to alternative approaches from bipartisan groups of congressional policymakers. Meanwhile, House and Senate committees are moving forward on spending bills to meet the nation’s surface transportation needs before current funding expires on Sept. 30...

A coalition of Realtor associations on June 3 submitted an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to reject the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national eviction moratorium...

The Biden Administration today issued its FY22 budget proposal, which serves as a benchmark of its tax policy priorities, accompanied by the Treasury Department’s “General Explanations of the Administration’s Revenue Proposals.” Meanwhile, negotiations continued this week between Senate Republicans and the White House on the scope and cost of President Biden’s multitrillion infrastructure investment proposal...

Commercial real estate executives report Q2 market conditions have stabilized since the previous quarter, yet note the future is clouded by concerns about labor shortages, inflationary pressures and the outcome of current policy proposals in Washington, according to The Real Estate Roundtable’s Q2 Economic Sentiment Index released today.

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The Real Estate Roundtable, along with 16 other national real estate trade organizations, submitted detailed comments on May 18 to the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee, which held hearings this week on how to fund recent Biden Administration infrastructure investment proposals...

President Biden met with congressional leaders this week to find a path forward on his $2.3 trillion infrastructure-focused American Jobs Plan. Republicans agreed to continue negotiations and develop a pared down counter-proposal that will limit the definition of infrastructure and include specific funding measures...

Capitol Hill continued to assess President Biden’s “physical” and “social” infrastructure plans this week as Democrats considered how to advance the Administration’s proposals in a narrowly divided Congress...