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On November 15, the VI joined a coalition of 58 other national trade associations in sending a letter to Dan Maffei, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission.  The letter expressed our concern about the new shipping Container Excess Dwell Fees that have been established...

The White House is continuing last-minute attempts to change the course of the negotiations including announcing details of a revised $1.75 trillion framework for Biden’s Build Back Better Plan that he hopes will gain the support of all Democrats The biggest piece would be $555 billion for clean energy and climate investments but not the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), which Sen. Manchin opposed.

The House of Representatives on Oct. 12 voted 219-206 on party lines to pass a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, which will permit the Treasury to borrow money to pay for the next two months of government spending. After punting the debt-limit problem down...

Held annually on the First Friday of October, MFG Day 2021 was officially observed on October 1. The occasion, however, usually extends into a month-long affair, marked by a series of programs and events organized by the Manufacturing Institute, and held throughout October. These programs...

Virgin Resin Tax Congressional efforts to pass a 20-cent per pound tax on virgin plastic resin continue to threaten the vinyl and plastics-related industries throughout the supply chain and eventually deliver a hard blow to American consumers. The tax proposal, introduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse...

Earlier this week, nearly 50 executives from across the vinyl value chain gathered virtually to meet with Members of Congress (MOCs) to discuss several key issues that resonate across the industry. Throughout the course of the days, vinyl industry members were present at 56 meetings...

Right now, we’re battling the notion that a plastic-free future equates to an environmentally friendly one, but that’s simply not the case. Globally, we may have a plastic waste problem, but the solution to that is not ridding the Earth of plastic, it’s finding solutions...

Reconciliation Package The House Committees spent an intense couple of weeks unveiling and marking up the draft text for the $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better Act” budget reconciliation package (S. Con. Res. 14). The Budget Committee is now combining all the passed recommendations into one...