On this week’s Lobby Shop, we dug into tariffs, trade turbulence, government funding, and the shutdown threat.

This week on The Lobby Shop, the team dives into the storm brewing in Washington as Congress heads into August recess. Josh Zive and Paul Nathanson dissect President Trump’s latest tariff moves and their ripple effects on American manufacturers already navigating a volatile trade landscape. Meanwhile, Liam Donovan and Dylan Pasiuk forecast the high-stakes battle over government funding, with a shutdown threat looming large.

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I joined Thomas Hochman and Pavan Venkatakrishnan on Right of Way, alongside Yogin Kothari, to talk through the energy title of the One Big Beautiful Bill, foreign entity of concern rules, and what all of it means for permitting reform.

Donovan: To understand this bill, even zooming up out of the energy title, you have to understand the dynamics within the Republican coalition right now, which is transitional. This is not yesterday’s party. It is not the 2017 Republican Party that gave you the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, even though the core of what this ultimately did was extending those legacy policies.

There’s a “Willie Sutton” issue of how do you offset the things that they wanted to do. There were only so many pools of cash to go after… IRA was a ripe target, especially given the fact that every time you went back and had JCT run the numbers, the cost ballooned. So it went from being a $300 billion tax title in 2022 to a trillion dollars, depending on who you ask, in 2025.

On FEOC, I think there was a misstep by industry seeing this as, “oh, well this is unworkable.” That was a feature, not a bug to the people that wrote it. That was very deliberate… So I think it’s here to stay, and — particularly for stakeholders, for companies and industries — you need to embrace this. Embrace it to the extent that it fits your model, and you can find yourself skating where the puck’s going rather than trying to play catch-up.

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On this week’s Lobby Shop, we dug into the One Big Beautiful Bill, reconciliation, House and Senate Republican strategy, Medicaid, tax cuts, and government funding.

This week on The Lobby Shop, hosts Josh Zive, Caitlin Sickles, Liam Donovan, and Dylan Pasiuk unpack the July 4th signing of “The One Big Beautiful Bill,” a major political win for the GOP and President Trump. The team breaks down how the reconciliation bill made it through Congress, the differing strategies between House and Senate Republicans, and how Democrats may use key provisions like Medicaid changes and tax cuts as future campaign ammunition.

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On this week’s Lobby Shop, we dug into Biden White House reporting.

In this episode of The Lobby Shop, the team welcomes back Axios national political correspondent Alex Thompson, co-author (with CNN’s Jake Tapper) of the explosive New York Times bestseller Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. Thompson shares the inside story of how he and Tapper uncovered internal divisions, strategic missteps, and high-stakes decision-making inside the Biden White House. Hear why Thompson believes this story goes beyond just one election—and why the questions it raises still demand attention.

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On this week’s Lobby Shop, we dug into budget reconciliation and tariffs.

In this episode of The Lobby Shop, Liam Donovan provides an update on the budget reconciliation process in Congress, and the team dives into the proposed House cuts to energy programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, proposed Medicaid reductions, and the ongoing debate over SALT deductions—along with the challenges the legislation faces in the Senate and a tight legislative timeline. Josh and Paul also examine the current state of the Trump Administration’s tariffs, including the temporary easing of the U.S.–China trade war, multiple Section 232 investigations, and the complex policy landscape companies must navigate amid evolving tariff rules.

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