Content about 111th United States Congress

December 2, 2010
Procedural problems could delay passage of industry-favored bill
June 23, 2010
Restaurant operators can celebrate the worst of the recent economic downturn being over, but they shouldn’t expect a broad, robust recovery in the near term, officials at research firm Technomic Inc. told attendees of its 2010 Trends & Directions Conference.
May 31, 2010

Congress’ new health industry reform law is bad news for your restaurant’s bottom line and for the country’s.


Over the next few years, we’ll likely discover a number of unpleasant surprises lurking in the law’s 2,000-plus pages — the “unknown unknowns,” as former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld put it. But the biggest costs of this law already are well-known to each and every congressman who voted for its passage. 


January 10, 2010
While pundits generally agree that not much of any real substance gets accomplished in Washington,...
January 10, 2010
While pundits generally agree that not much of any real substance gets accomplished in Washington, D.C., during an election year, many are forecasting that 2010 will be an unusually busy 12 months for lawmakers.
December 9, 2009
WASHINGTON Restaurant association officials praised an amendment to the Senate health care bill that would...
December 6, 2009
Despite months of virtual gridlock, Congress is grinding toward some form of health care reform....
October 11, 2009
Members of the National Restaurant Association and International Franchise Association urged federal lawmakers this month...
September 29, 2009
WASHINGTON Dina Dwyer-Owens, chairwoman of the International Franchise Association, urged federal lawmakers Wednesday to extend...
August 30, 2009
It’s crunch time in Washington for the restaurant industry. After Labor Day, Congress returns from...
July 29, 2009
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association praised members of the U.S. House for passing a wide-ranging...
April 26, 2009
It would be a poor fighter who confused winning the first round and winning the...
April 12, 2009
On March 24th Sen. Arlen Specter, RPa., dealt a serious blow to Big Labor’s push...
February 22, 2009
On Jan. 28, along with a small group of business leaders from around the country,...
November 2, 2008
The economic chaos in this campaign season has shifted focus away from what is perhaps...
October 12, 2008
Next year could be a big one for unions, and that possibility is striking fear...
May 4, 2008
In June 2007, one of the most catastrophically conceived labor laws of all time—the curiously...
March 30, 2008
I’ve been sounding the alarm about the Orwellian-named Employee Free Choice Act for two years....
February 7, 2008
WASHINGTON Restaurants would be able to write off 50 percent of their 2008 equipment purchases...
June 25, 2007
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association praised the U.S. Senate for rejecting a measure that would...
April 15, 2007
I’ve been switching back and forth between law and the public policy business for 35...
March 18, 2007
I’m fairly possessive of my personal privacy. Blame it on my upbringing, but I like...
February 7, 2007
WASHINGTON The National Restaurant Association has joined the National Council of Chain Restaurants and the...
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