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The Xperience your membership-based organization won’t want to miss

Aptify

Read on to learn about highlights from the Xperience 2023 customer conference and what to expect from the event in 2024. Save the date for Xperience 2024! Photo courtesy of Tim Ward.

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NV Lawmakers: Lift Agency Resort, Casino Meeting Bans

Associations Now

According to the Nevada lawmakers , the American Hotel and Lodging Association reported that a number of agencies “implemented formal limits on federal government travel to resorts,” including the GSA, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Justice, among others. Irresponsible federal workers are.”.

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Statement On The Introduction Of The END Child Exploitation Act

InternetAssociation

Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Internet Association (IA) Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs and Counsel Mike Lemon released the following statement: “IA welcomes the reintroduction of the END Child Exploitation Act and hopes that Congress will take swift action to pass this important measure. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Rep.

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Fate of Tax Extenders Still Uncertain

Associations Now

Earlier this month the Senate Finance Committee easily passed a tax extenders package out of committee, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has promised to bring the package to a vote when the Senate returns later this month. The legislation did not include any offsets to fund the extenders.

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Tax Reform Could Factor Into Budget Deal, GOP Leaders Say

Associations Now

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) told reporters last week that he still hopes to tie an overhaul of the tax code to whatever deal emerges to end the budget stalemate and raise the debt limit. Obviously I think there’s an opportunity in this for tax reform instructions to be put in somewhere,” Camp told Bloomberg BNA.

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Patent Reform Is Off the Table in the Senate for Now. What Happened?

Associations Now

The Hill reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) intervened behind the scenes, deciding not to bring the bill to the floor because of the opposition from pharmaceutical firms and trial lawyers.

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Panel: Time for Associations to Get Proactive on Feds’ Meeting Attendance

Associations Now

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has shown little interest in advancing the bill. The landscape shifted in 2012, after reports of wasteful spending at several government agency conferences prompted the Office of Management and Budget to implement new conference attendance rules for federal employees. Though Sen.

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