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Climate Change Earlier this month, we reported that the House Energy and Commerce Democrats leaders unveiled, the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act, a climate bill that would have serious implications for the vinyl industry and other plastic manufacturers. The nearly...

On March 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, 220-211, the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” (H.R. 1319) as modified by the Senate. The sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package implemented President Joe Biden’s priority pandemic relief proposal that he released on January 14,...

Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) reveals its Infrastructure Report Card, using a simple A to F school report card format to rate America’s current infrastructure conditions. This year, ASCE gave our country’s infrastructure the overall grade of a C-, which...

Climate Legislation House Energy and Commerce Democrats leaders unveiled a sprawling climate bill that would have serious implications for the vinyl industry and other plastic manufacturers. The legislation includes many of the troublesome policies of the Break Free From Plastic bill from last year including pausing permitting...

President Joe Biden has tapped Katherine Tai, the lead advisor to the Chairman and Democratic Members of the Committee on Ways and Means, to be the next United States Trade Representative (USTR). Tai has spent a significant part of her career as a trade lawyer,...

Senate Environment and Public Works Moves Quickly on Infrastructure Packages Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) is planning a busy start to his committee’s agenda for the 117th Congress. Carper announced that his committee would be holding hearings and preparing to...

Senate Organization Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) have agreed to an organizing resolution for a 50-50 split in the Senate. The final power-sharing agreement approved by the chamber on Feb. 3 now allows Democrats to assume control of the...

As part of the Vinyl Institute’s (VI) Vinyl360 Pulse webinar series, we invited Chad Moutray, Chief Economist for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), to join us. Moutray provided us a 2021 economic outlook for manufacturing – and it was optimistic. If you can remember,...