Beacon in the News

October 2024

10/11/2024: Stephen Myrow discusses election implications for Obamacare in the Wall Street Journal

10/8/2024: Stephen Myrow comments on the outlook for US-Canada tariffs after the elections on BNN

10/1/2024: Stephen Myrow discusses the market implications of the November elections on CNBC

10/1/2024: Maxwell Shulman comments on the future of EVs after the election in MarketWatch

10/1/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the chances for future AI legislation after Newsom’s veto in Forbes

September 2024

9/27/2024: Andrew Lokay comments on the potential impact of a port strike on the Harris campaign in MarketWatch

9/27/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the prospects for outbound investment regulations in Forbes

9/20/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the outlook for children’s privacy legislation in Forbes

9/13/2024: Owen Tedford comments on the current state of US-China affairs in Nikkei Asia

9/6/2024: Stephen Myrow discusses Kamala Harris’ economic agenda in the Financial Times

August 2024

8/20/2024: Owen Tedford examines the prospects of California’s AI safety bill in Forbes

8/2/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the chances for children’s privacy legislation after passing the Senate in Forbes

July 2024

7/25/2024: Owen Tedford writes on what a Harris presidency could mean for crypto in Forbes

7/17/2024: Owen Tedford writes about the outlook for antitrust enforcement under a Trump administration for Big Tech in Forbes

June 2024

6/27/2024: Maxwell Shulman comments on the future of energy policy after the 2024 election in MarketWatch

6/27/2024: Owen Tedford comments on the focus on AI after the 2024 presidential election in Politico’s Digital Future Daily

6/27/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the role for crypto voters in the 2024 presidential election in Forbes

6/12/2024: Owen Tedford writes on how the 2024 presidential election could affect antitrust scrutiny of the AI industry in Forbes

6/6/2024: Owen Tedford comments on the outlook for AI antitrust litigation under a potential Trump administration in Barron’s

May 2024

5/23/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the outlook for crypto legislation after the votes in the House in Forbes

5/16/2024: Owen Tedford writes about the developing industrial policy for AI in Forbes

5/14/2024: Maxwell Shulman talks about the emerging consensus behind tariffs on China in The Hill

5/9/2024: Maxwell Shulman discusses how the future of EVs hinges on election results in Bloomberg Law

5/8/2024: Andrew Lokay discusses gig economy regulation in MarketWatch

April 2024

4/25/2024: Chris Niebuhr comments on the outlook for the FCC’s net neutrality rules in The Hill

4/25/2024: Owen Tedford comments on the future outlook for the CHIPS Program in Barron’s

4/18/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the competition for CHIPS Program funding in Forbes

4/9/2024: Owen Tedford writes about the new federal data privacy bill in Forbes 

March 2024

3/20/2024: Owen Tedford comments on the potential for a CHIPS 2.0 in Nikkei Asia

3/19/2024: Owen Tedford writes about CFIUS’s role in a potential TikTok sale in Forbes

3/13/2024: Stephen Myrow comments on the prospects for the TikTok legislation in Congress in Bloomberg

3/13/2024: Stephen Myrow comments on the rise of populism in American politics in The Hill 

3/8/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the TikTok and data security bills in Forbes

February 2024

2/27/2024: Owen Tedford comments on Raimondo’s speech on the CHIPS program in Nikkei Asia

2/21/2024: Owen Tedford writes on children’s online privacy regulatory efforts in Congress and beyond in Forbes

2/9/2024: Owen Tedford writes on AI’s antitrust policy challenges in Forbes

January 2024

1/29/2024: Andrew Lokay comments on the impact of a second Trump term on the business community in The Hill

1/24/2024: Owen Tedford writes on the consequences of the 2024 election for crypto in Forbes

1/17/2024: Maxwell Shulman comments on why 2024 is an EV referendum in MarketWatch

1/14/2024: Owen Tedford comments on the economic implications of the potential bipartisan tax bill in Bloomberg 

1/11/2024: Owen Tedford writes about what could change at the SEC after the Bitcoin ETF decision in Forbes

December 2023

12/8/2023: Owen Tedford writes about the prospect of crypto legislation in 2024 and beyond in Forbes

12/5/2023: Stephen Myrow discusses Powell’s Fed politics in Bloomberg

12/1/2023: Owen Tedford writes about the possible next targets of Biden’s export control strategy in Forbes

November 2023

11/30/2023: Owen Tedford comments on the prospects of an antitrust challenge to a potential Cigna-Humana merger in Barron’s

11/29/2023: Maxwell Shulman comments on the role of Chinese EVs in the US market in the Wall Street Journal

11/29/2023: Maxwell Shulman talks about the political consequences of high inflation in Barron’s

11/17/2023: Andrew Lokay discusses the potential for tax cuts if Trump wins in 2024 in Marketwatch

11/17/2023: Owen Tedford writes about the CFPB’s new large market participant rule in Forbes

11/13/2023: Andrew Lokay is quoted about the prospects for a government shutdown in Marketwatch

11/13/2023: Stephen Myrow comments on the potential for a government shutdown in Barron’s 

11/12/2023: Maxwell Shulman discusses the threat third-party candidates pose in the Financial Times

11/7/2023: Maxwell Shulman discusses the economy’s impact on President Biden’s re-election chances in the Financial Times

11/6/2023: Chris Niebuhr discusses financial regulators’ increased focus on hedge funds in Barron’s

11/3/2023: Owen Tedford writes about the potential for President Biden’s AI executive order in Forbes

11/1/2023: Stephen Myrow discusses how the Fed’s policy could lead to Trump’s re-election in the New York Times

October 2023

10/27/2023: Owen Tedford writes about what crypto legislation could still pass Congress this year in Forbes

10/13/2023: Owen Tedford writes about California’s new data broker law in Forbes

10/11/2023: Stephen Myrow discusses what matters most in the House Speaker vote on CNBC

10/3/2023: Stephen Myrow comments on House Speaker McCarthy’s calculus for Ukraine funding in the Financial Times

September 2023

9/29/2023: Owen Tedford writes about what winning means for President Biden’s antitrust regulators in Forbes

9/29/2023: Brandon Barford is quoted in MarketWatch analyzing the implementation of Medicare drug price negotiations

9/15/2023: Owen Tedford discusses the prospects for federal AI legislation in Forbes

9/15/2023: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in MarketWatch discussing the use of international reference prices in drug contracts

9/8/2023: Owen Tedford writes about the changes that could come for US export controls after news of Huawei’s new phone in Forbes

9/7/2023: Owen Tedford comments on the outlook for crypto legislation in the current Congress in Barron’s

9/6/2023: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in the Wall Street Journal discussing the outlook for antitrust challenges

9/1/2023: Owen Tedford writes about Gensler’s crypto strategy in the wake of the Grayscale decision in Forbes

July 2023

7/5/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the policy outlook for clean energy investors in Forbes

7/3/2023: Owen Tedford discusses potential timing for the FTC’s Amazon lawsuit in Marketwatch

June 2023

6/29/2023: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in MarketWatch discussing Medicare’s ban on coverage of anti-obesity drugs

6/23/2023: Ben Koltun writes about “Bidenomics” and its political and economic implications in Forbes

6/20/2023: Stephen Myrow previews Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Congressional testimony in Bloomberg

6/5/2023: Brandon Barford comments on the FTC case against PBMs in the WSJ

6/1/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the aftermath of the debt ceiling in Forbes

May 2023

5/31/2023: Ben Koltun comments on the macro impact of the debt ceiling deal in Bloomberg

5/29/2023: Ben Koltun comments on the debt ceiling outlook in the Financial Times

5/25/2023: Ben Koltun goes on CNBC to discuss the launch of the DeSantis presidential campaign

5/23/2023: Ben Koltun goes on Forbes discuss the debt ceiling outlook

5/18/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the outlook for a debt ceiling deal in Forbes

5/11/2023: Ben Koltun writes about how policymakers could influence the uncertain economy in Forbes

5/8/2023: Ben Koltun comments on the debt ceiling dynamics in the Financial Times

5/2/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the implications of an early X-date in Forbes

5/1/2023: Ben Koltun’s debt ceiling analysis is cited in the New York Times

April 2023

4/28/2023: Ben Koltun goes on Forbes to talk about the debt ceiling outlook

4/27/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the debt ceiling outlook in Forbes

4/17/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the tax policy outlook in Forbes

4/11/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the market implication of a Biden re-election campaign in Forbes

4/4/2023: Ben Koltun comments about the political implications of the Trump indictment in MarketWatch

4/3/2023: Ben Koltun goes on CNA to discuss the Trump indictment

March 2023

3/29/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the impact of the banking crisis on the debt ceiling in Forbes

3/25/2023: Ben Koltun writes about a potential TikTok ban in Forbes

3/25/2023: Ben Koltun’s analysis on banking legislation is cited in MarketWatch

3/21/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the challenges of changing FDIC deposit insurance in Forbes

3/21/2023: Ben Koltun comments about changes to FDIC deposit insurance in The Hill

3/15/2023: Ben Koltun comments on the congressional response to the SVB collapse in the Financial Times

3/15/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the return of banking crisis politics in Forbes

3/10/2023: Ben Koltun writes about Biden’s FY24 budget in Forbes

3/9/2023: Ben Koltun comments on Biden’s proposed tax increases in the Daily Telegraph

3/9/2023: Ben Koltun comments on Biden’s FY24 budget proposal in the Financial Times

February 2023

2/28/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the Republican fight against ESG in Forbes

2/22/2023: Ben Koltun comments on the open Fed vice chair position in MarketWatch

2/17/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the future of entitlement reform in Forbes

2/14/2023: Ben Koltun comments about Lael Brainard’s appointment to the NEC in the Wall Street Journal

2/8/2023: Ben Koltun goes on Forbes to talk about the debt limit

2/7/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the State of the Union address in Forbes

2/1/2023: Ben Koltun writes about Jeff Zients as the new White House chief of staff in Forbes

January 2023

1/30/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the key players and milestones to watch on the debt limit in Forbes

1/20/2023: Ben Koltun writes about how the debt ceiling impasse could get resolved in Forbes

1/14/2023: Ben Koltun comments about the outlook for the debt ceiling in the Financial Times

1/12/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the debt ceiling in Forbes

1/6/2023: Ben Koltun goes on Forbes to discuss the House Speaker race

1/4/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the House Speaker race and its broader implications in Forbes

1/2/2023: Ben Koltun writes about the 10 biggest questions in policy and politics for 2023 in Forbes

December 2022

12/22/2022: Ben Koltun discusses the implications of Trump’s tax returns in Bloomberg Tax

12/21/2022: Ben Koltun comments about the public release of President Trump’s tax returns in MarketWatch

12/9/2022: Ben Koltun writes about the outlook for federal marijuana reform in Forbes

12/8/2022: Owen Tedford comments on the outlook for US regulation of personal data collection by Chinese companies in Barron’s

November 2022

11/25/2022: Ben Koltun comments on the lame duck legislative outlook in MarketWatch

11/25/2022: Ben Koltun writes about the policymaking outlook for Big Tech in Forbes

11/20/2022: Ben Koltun writes about the outlook for crypto regulation after the FTX bankruptcy in Forbes

11/12/2022: Ben Koltun writes about the post-midterms outlook for policy in Forbes

11/10/2022: Ben Koltun talks about the 2023 governing outlook in the Financial Times

11/9/2022: Owen Tedford comments on the outlook for US-China policy after the midterms in Barron’s

11/9/2022: Ben Koltun goes on Channel NewsAsia to discuss the aftermath of the midterms

11/8/2022: Ben Koltun goes on Barron’s Live to discuss midterms and market implications

11/6/2022: Ben Koltun writes about the Federal Reserve’s quest to tame inflation in Forbes

11/2/2022: Ben Koltun writes about the debt limit in Forbes

October 2022

10/26/2022: Ben Koltun discusses the debt ceiling outlook in The Hill

10/25/2022: Ben Koltun comments about the Biden agenda during high inflation in the Financial Times

10/23/2022: Ben Koltun talks about the outlook for the next IRS commissioner in the Wall Street Journal

10/11/2022: Ben Koltun discusses the outlook of the child tax credit in MarketWatch

10/8/2022: Ben Koltun talks about the political implications of higher interest rates in the Financial Times

September 2022

9/16/2022: Owen Tedford discusses the Biden administration’s crypto policy in Barron’s

9/8/2022: Stephen Myrow discusses Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s sales pitch of the economy in Politico

9/6/2022: Owen Tedford comments on President Biden’s consideration of an executive order on outbound investment in MarketWatch

August 2022

8/14/2022: Ben Koltun goes on The News Forum to talk about US politics and policies and its impact for Canadian markets

8/9/2022: Ben Koltun discusses private equity’s lobbying in reconciliation in Business Insider

8/8/2022: Ben Koltun discusses the midterm implications of reconciliation in MarketWatch

8/6/2022: Ben Koltun comments on carried interest policy in the Financial Times

July 2022

7/30/2022: Ben Koltun discusses the outlook of carried interest in Business Insider

7/13/2022: Brandon Barford discusses potential conflicts between the Fed and FDIC over bank merger guidelines in the Wall Street Journal

7/9/2022: Owen Tedford discusses the outlook for the US’s Section 301 tariffs on China in the South China Morning Post

June 2022

6/29/2022: Ben Koltun goes on CP24 to discuss the latest developments from the January 6th committee

6/14/2022: Ben Koltun discusses the race for the top Ways and Means Republican in E&E News

6/11/2022: Ben Koltun comments about Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s messaging to inflation in the Financial Times

6/7/2022: Owen Tedford comments on chances for passage of comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation in MarketWatch

6/3/2022: Ben Koltun is quoted about Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and potential successors in MakertWatch

May 2022

5/24/2022: Ben Koltun appears on Barron’s Live to discuss the midterms and the market

5/17/2022: Andrew Lokay is quoted about the prospects for federal gun control legislation in MarketWatch

5/11/2022: Owen Tedford discusses what a Democratic majority at the FTC means in MarketWatch

April 2022

4/30/2022: Ben Koltun talks about the Ohio Republican Senate primary in MarketWatch

4/25/2022: Andrew Lokay discusses Gigi Sohn’s nomination to the Federal Communications Commission in MarketWatch

4/21/2022: Owen Tedford comments on the odds for passage of the SHOP SAFE and INFORM Acts in MarketWatch

4/19/2022: Ben Koltun discusses the Biden climate agenda in the Financial Times

4/8/2022: Ben Koltun talks reconciliation and Fed policy on Hamilton Place Strategies’ Macrocast podcast

4/5/2022: Ben Koltun is cited in Politico’s Morning Tax about the corporate domestic minimum tax

March 2022

3/31/2022: Andrew Lokay is quoted about federal cannabis reform legislation in MarketWatch

3/28/2022: Andrew Lokay is quoted about the path forward for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act) in MarketWatch

3/24/2022: Stephen Myrow discusses Russia-Ukraine policy options on BNN Bloomberg

3/18/2022: Charlotte Jenkins weighs in on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure agenda in Bloomberg

February 2022 

2/10/2022: Ben Koltun talks about the outlook for inflation relief from Congress in MarketWatch

2/3/2022: Ben Koltun is quoted about the implications of Senator Lujan’s absence in MarketWatch

2/3/2022: Brandon Barford discusses the Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing for Biden Fed Appointees in NBC News

2/2/2022: Owen Tedford discusses the Commerce Department’s foreign-owned apps rule in Barron’s

January 2022

1/31/2022: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed in Roll Call about how Biden can reset his presidency with his new cat

1/28/2022: Ben Koltun talks about Build Back Better and minority-owned businesses in NBC News

1/11/2022: Ben Koltun discusses the Elizabeth Warren-Jay Powell dynamics in the Financial Times

1/11/2022: Owen Tedford comments on crypto’s lobbying outlook for 2022 in Bloomberg

1/7/2022: Charlotte Jenkins discusses the factors affecting federal student loan policies in MarketWatch 

1/5/2022: Ben Koltun remarks on President Biden’s task ahead in 2022 in the Financial Times

December 2021

12/18/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the outlook for Build Back Better in the Wall Street Journal

12/17/2021: Beacon Policy Advisors analysis on Build Back Better cited in Yahoo Finance

12/15/2021: Owen Tedford comments on the reported inclusion of biotechnology companies on the Commerce Department’s entity list in Barron’s

November 2021

11/30/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the latest debt ceiling dynamics in the Financial Times

11/24/2021: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed in Morning Consult about the outlook of the Democratic Party and Joe Biden

11/15/2021: Ben Koltun talks about the outlook for federal paid leave policy in reconciliation in MarketWatch

11/10/2021: Brandon Barford discusses the chances of imposing a consumer vehicle mile user-fee in The National

October 2021

10/25/2021: Stephen Myrow discusses policy challenges posed by rising gas prices on CNBC

10/21/2021: Ben Koltun’s tax analysis is cited in Politico Morning Tax

10/16/2021: Brandon Barford comments in The Hill on the internal Democratic debate on student loan forgiveness

10/15/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the challenges for Democrats in reaching a deal on reconciliation in the Financial Times

10/8/2021: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed in Roll Call about the Democratic reconciliation negotiations

10/5/2021: Owen Tedford explains the impact of the Facebook whistleblower hearing in the Financial Times

September 2021

9/29/2021: Beacon Policy Advisors’ analysis of the debt ceiling is cited in the Australian Financial Review

9/28/2021: Ben Koltun comments about the debt ceiling dynamics in MarketWatch

9/28/2021: Owen Tedford comments on the Biden administration’s vague China policy in the South China Morning Post

9/22/2021: Owen Tedford explains the broader threat to the crypto industry in Coinbase’s Wells notice in Bloomberg

9/19/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the latest debt ceiling outlook in The Hill

9/14/2021: Ben Koltun explains some of the competing Democratic tax dynamics in the Financial Times

9/14/2021: Stephen Myrow discusses President Biden’s Fed chair pick in MarketWatch

9/13/2021: Ben Koltun explains the outlook of a proposed tax on corporate buybacks in MarketWatch

9/12/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the labor, political, and economic dynamics to President Biden’s announced vaccine mandate in NBC News

August 2021

8/19/2021: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed about the Democratic dynamics in passing their legislative agenda in Morning Consult

8/16/2021: Ben Koltun explains the Democratic tax agenda in reconciliation in Politico

8/14/2021: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed about Gen Z/Millennials and the leftward economic turn of Democrats in The Hill

8/5/2021: Owen Tedford discusses the outlook for crypto regulation in the Wall Street Journal

8/3/2021: Ben Koltun comments on Biden’s latest eviction moratorium in MarketWatch

July 2021

7/30/2021: Owen Tedford comments on the future prospects of crypto regulation in the New York Times

7/26/2021: Ben Koltun discusses President Biden’s role in the 2022 midterm elections in Morning Consult

7/15/2021: Stephen Myrow discusses the political dynamics of President Biden’s Fed appointments in NBC News

7/14/2021: Brandon Barford comments on drug pricing reform prospects in MarketWatch

7/14/2021: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited on the messaging of President Biden’s competition executive order in MarketWatch

7/14/2021: Stephen Myrow puts Fed Chair Jay Powell’s testimony in political context in MarketWatch

7/13/2021: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed about the Democratic tax power dynamics in Morning Consult

7/12/2021: Ben Koltun’s comments on the G20/OECD tax talks were mentioned in Politico Weekly Tax

7/11/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the dynamics of getting a Pillar One international tax agreement passed in Congress in the Wall Street Journal

7/8/2021: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited on the upcoming healthcare reform battles in Politico’s Morning Money

7/7/2021: Owen Tedford comments on the outlook for a Rubo-Casey bill to prohibit some companies from conducting an IPO in the US in MarketWatch

June 2021

6/23/2021: Brandon Barford comments on how Biden will use GSEs for racial equity in MarketWatch

6/23/2021: Brandon Barford discusses the impact of the Supreme Court ruling in GSE litigation in Bloomberg News

6/14/2021: Ben Koltun provides an outlook for infrastructure legislation in MarketWatch

6/10/2021: Stephen Myrow discusses regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrency in Bloomberg News

6/9/2021: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed in Morning Consult about the legislative deadlines for Democrats

6/8/2021: Owen Tedford comments on timing for passage of US Innovation and Competition Act in House in Barron’s

6/7/2021: Ben Koltun discusses why Treasury Secretary Yellen is okay with higher interest rates and inflation in NBC News

6/7/2021: Owen Tedford comments on the limited appropriations in the US Innovation and Competition Act in Barron’s

6/4/2021: Owen Tedford is quoted about the Biden administration’s nuanced approach to trade barriers with China in Barron’s

May 2021

5/28/2021: Owen Tedford is quoted on the implications of the US Innovation and Competition Act for investors in Barron’s

5/28/2021: Ben Koltun writes about congressional leadership dynamics in an op-ed for Roll Call

5/8/2021: Brandon Barford discusses the implications for pharma of the Biden administration’s move to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines in the Financial Times

5/3/2021: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited on the capital gains tax outlook in the New York Times

April 2021

4/30/2021: Ben Koltun is quoted about the challenges for Democrats to raise taxes on the wealthy in New York Magazine

4/26/2021: Ben Koltun talks about the Democratic dynamics of raising the capital gains tax in NBC News

4/26/2021: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited on Democrats’ tax dilemma in Yahoo Finance

4/10/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the latest OECD/G20 tax negotiations in The Financial Times

4/7/2021: Ben Koltun explains the Democratic corporate tax proposals in NBC News

March 2021

3/16/2021: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed in Morning Consult about the outlook of infrastructure spending

3/14/2021: Sam McGowan discusses the actions being taken against big tech companies at the state-level in The Wall Street Journal

3/4/2021: Brandon Barford discusses the Biden administration’s attack on private prisons in Debtwire

February 2021

2/22/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the push by financial regulators to combat climate change in NBC News

2/17/2021: Ben Koltun talks about the regulatory response to the meme stocks in NBC News

2/16/2021: Ben Koltun provides an outlook for the congressional hearing on meme stocks in Marketwatch

2/5/2021: Ben Koltun explains the latest Republican deficit hawk dynamics in the Financial Times

2/4/2021: Beacon Policy Advisors discusses Democrats internal student loan dispute in The Hill

2/1/2021: Ben Koltun discusses the financial regulatory outlook resulting from the GameStop market in NBC News

January 2021

1/26/2021: Beacon’s analysis of Biden administration’s risk to private prison companies cited by Marketwatch

1/25/2021: Stephen Myrow explains Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s strengths to NBC News

1/22/2021: Stephen Myrow discusses Biden administration’s differing approach to China and Covid-19 on BNN Bloomberg 

1/15/2021: Ben Koltun discusses Biden’s First 100 Days agenda on BNN Bloomberg

1/13/2021: Ben Koltun talks about impeachment and its implications on Yahoo Finance

1/12/2021: Brandon Barford discusses the increased odds of federal student loan debt relief in The Hill

1/8/2021: Charlotte Jenkins discusses the outlook for cannabis in the next Congress in MarketWatch 

December 2020

12/18/2020: Stephen Myrow explains implications of Trump administration’s blacklisting of Chinese chip maker SMIC in Barron’s

12/10/2020: Charlotte Jenkins talks about Biden’s first 100 days’ impact on the energy sector in MarketWatch

12/9/2020: Ben Koltun discusses Republican opposition to state and local aid in Yahoo Finance

12/7/2020: Ben Koltun talks about the latest in Covid-19 relief negotiations in MarketWatch

12/1/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses policy implications of President-elect Biden’s economic team appointments with NBC News

November 2020

11/24/2020: Stephen Myrow puts President-elect Biden’s selection of Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary in context on CNBC

11/19/2020: Brandon Barford discusses the lame-duck nomination of Brian Brooks to head the OCC in the American Banker

11/13/2020: Brandon Barford comments on Judy Shelton’s pending confirmation vote to join the Federal Reserve Board in Axios

11/13/2020: Stephen Myrow explains Republicans’ embrace of controversial Fed nominee in the Washington Post

11/12/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses impact of President Trump’s order banning investment in Chinese firms in Barron’s

11/11/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors’ outlook for cannabis reform in light of election results cited in Yahoo Canada Finance

11/11/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors’ analysis of Federal cannabis legalization cited by Bloomberg Canada

11/11/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors’ discussion of Biden’s transition team cited in The Hill

11/7/2020: Stephen Myrow explains how a Biden administration will rely on executive actions to pursue its progressive agenda under divided government in MarketWatch 

11/7/2020: Stephen Myrow describes how the Biden administration will pursue financial re-regulation in Bloomberg News

October 2020

10/28/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors’ analysis of Biden’s calculus for forming a Cabinet cited in the Washington Post

10/27/2020: Brandon Barford discusses the different approaches to housing finance reform under a Biden or Trump administration in MarketWatch

10/19/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors explains why the CFPB will be an aggressive regulator under Biden in Reuters

10/17/2020: Sam McGowan discusses the ongoing scrutiny over social media platforms and the spread of disinformation ahead of the elections in The Financial Times

10/13/2020: Stephen Myrow analyzes how a President Biden would choose his Treasury secretary in NBC News

10/7/2020: Ben Koltun appears on Yahoo Finance to preview the vice presidential debate

September 2020

9/30/2020: Ben Koltun discusses the challenge for President Trump in defining Joe Biden in Yahoo Finance.

9/30/2020: Ben Koltun goes on the Yahoo Finance “Electionomics” podcast to discuss the presidential debate and the impact for markets.

9/30/2020: Brandon Barford discusses Pfizer’s strategy of managing expectations of its Covid-19 vaccine in the New York Times

9/29/2020: Stephen Myrow discuss the first presidential debate and prospects for further stimulus on BNN Bloomberg

9/28/2020: Stephen Myrow explains election impact on GSEs in HousingWire

9/24/2020: Brandon Barford comments on the legal underpinnings of President Trump’s healthcare executive orders in the Financial Times

9/23/2020: Brandon Barford is quoted in MarketWatch on how the forthcoming Supreme Court shakeup could impact the GSEs

9/22/2020: Brandon Barford comments on Congressional receptivity to Federal Reserve crisis actions in The Hill

9/18/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in HousingWire for its analysis of a potential Biden administration economic advisors

9/16/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses implications of post-election outcome uncertainty in Washington Post

9/14/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is quoted in HousingWire regarding the election outcome and its impact on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

9/12/2020: Ben Koltun is cited in MarketWatch discussing the presidential election

9/10/2020: Brandon Barford talks about the shift in the conversation around student loans in The Hill

9/6/2020: Ben Koltun discusses the latest Phase Four dynamics in the Financial Times

9/3/2020: Stephen Myrow analyzes differing policy scenarios under Trump and Biden in Bloomberg Businessweek

August 2020

8/31/2020: Sam McGowan explains why a Biden administration is likely to be influenced by progressives on tech policy and antitrust in The Telegraph

8/28/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses impact Biden administration would have on housing finance policy with HousingWire

8/18/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses the impact that Kamala Harris would have on financials industry in Bloomberg

8/5/2020: Stephen Myrow explains how forced divestiture of TikTok is indicative of a trend and not an aberration on BNN Bloomberg

July 2020

7/31/2020: Stephen Myrow talks about the outlook for a liability shield in MarketWatch

7/29/2020: Sam McGowan discusses the outlook for big tech on Yahoo Finance’s “On The Move”

7/29/2020: Stephen Myrow talks about Trump and governing in the Washington Post

7/22/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses the impact of US-China relations from the ordered Chinese consulate closure in Barron’s

7/13/2020: Ben Koltun talks about the contours of a Phase Four deal in Business Insider

7/10/2020: Ben Koltun goes on Yahoo Finance to talk about Joe Biden’s latest economic agenda

7/7/2020: Rachel Pierson discusses pipeline permitting delays in The Hill

7/1/2020: Brandon Barford speaks about the FDA vaccine approval process timeline in Bloomberg News

June 2020

6/25/2020: Ben Koltun discusses the negotiating dynamics of a Phase Four deal in The Hill

6/21/2020: Ben Koltun talks about the Phase Four dynamics among Senate Republicans in the Wall Street Journal

6/8/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in the Financial Times about the latest outlook for a Phase Four deal

6/5/2020: Ben Koltun discusses the implications of the latest jobs report on a Phase Four deal in MarketWatch

6/2/2020: Ben Koltun goes on Yahoo Finance to talk about the political and economic implications of the latest protest and riots

6/2/2020: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed in Morning Consult about Trump’s use of the theatrics in his bid for reelection

May 2020

5/31/2020: Ben Koltun discusses the Employee Retention Tax Credit in a Phase Four deal in The Hill

5/29/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses the escalating US-China tensions and its impact on the Phase One trade deal in Barrons

5/27/2020: Stephen Myrow talks about the trajectory, and likely limits, of escalating US-China tensions on BNN Bloomberg

5/19/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses the White House’s optimistic outlook for the country’s return to normalcy in the Wall Street Journal

5/15/2020: Brandon Barford analyzes House Democrats’ HEROES Act in American Banker

5/7/2020: Ben Koltun goes on the Yahoo Finance “Electionomics” podcast to discuss the 2020 election, US-China relations, and the outlook for a Phase Four deal

April 2020

4/20/2020: Ben Koltun talks about the looming backlash to a poorly executed government pandemic relief program in Quartz

4/17/2020: Ben Koltun discusses Facebook’s scaled-down Libra and the political road map ahead in the Financial Times

4/6/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in MarketWatch about the outlook of Phase Four legislation

4/1/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is mentioned in the Washington Post about the dangers for the housing market if federal government does not intervene

March 2020

3/31/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in The Hill about the dangers for mortgage servicers for missed borrower payments

3/27/2020: Stephen Myrow writes an op-ed in Bloomberg about the Covid-19 crisis response and how it compares to his experiences in Iraq in 2004 and at the Treasury in 2008

3/19/2020: Stephen Myrow discusses the political dynamics of a fiscal stimulus package in Bloomberg

3/19/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in MarketWatch about the Senate stimulus package in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

3/16/2020: Brandon Barford talks about how pot bank and AML legislation may be dead for 2020 due to COVID-19 in the American Banker

3/10/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is mentioned in MarketWatch regarding President Trump’s economic stimulus requests

3/4/2020: Stephen Myrow goes on Yahoo Finance to talk Super Tuesday and the implication for markets.

February 2020

2/29/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is quoted in MarketWatch saying how momentum can swing to Joe Biden if he wins other Southern states after South Carolina

2/28/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited in MarketWatch regarding the importance the FDA’s PMTA deadline versus a House bill banning tobacco flavors

2/26/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is mentioned in MarketWatch after Joe Biden improves his debate performance prior to the South Carolina primary

2/27/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited by HousingWire when discussing why plans paying for Bernie Sanders’ policies are meaningless 

2/24/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is quoted by Bloomberg News saying the market is severely underestimating the chances of Sanders winning the presidency

2/20/2020: Beacon Policy Advisors is cited by MarketWatch saying that in his first Democratic Presidential debate Michael Bloomberg was thoroughly ‘stopped and frisked.’

2/18/2020: Brandon Barford talks to the American Banker about how former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s financial regulatory plans are Obama+

2/13/2020: Brandon Barford explains in the Wall Street Journal how Fed nominee Judy Shelton’s confirmation hearing was the time to assuage Senators’ concerns

2/12/2020: Brandon Barford is quoted in the Wall Street Journal in regards to Fed nominee Judy Shelton’s qualifications to be a Fed governor

2/11/2020: Brandon Barford discusses controversial Fed nominee Judy Shelton in The Hill

2/4/2020: Beacon is cited by MarketWatch discussing which campaign benefits from the disarray of the Iowa caucus results

2/4/2020: Beacon is quoted by MarketWatch about the impact of the delay in results from the Iowa caucus 

January 2020

1/22/2020: Ben Koltun writes an op-ed about the possibility of a real progressive presidency under a President Biden for Morning Consult

1/21/2020: Rachel Pierson discusses the looming WTO challenges from the Phase One China-US trade deal in The Hill

1/14/2020: Brandon Barford explains how some Democratic presidential candidate are open to Wall St. donations in the Daily Telegraph

1/10/2020: Beacon analysis on PFAS legislation cited in MarketWatch

December 2019

12/4/2019: Stephen Myrow talks about the NATO Summit, USMCA, and China trade talks on BNN Bloomberg

12/4/2019: Stephen Myrow explains the political risk of President Trump’s December 15th tariff deadline in the Washington Post

12/2/2019: Rachel Pierson discusses Trump’s decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazil and Argentina in The Hill

November 2019

11/15/2019: Brandon Barford talks about attacks on billionaires by Democratic presidential candidates in the Daily Telegraph

11/5/2019: Beacon is cited for its election analysis in MarketWatch

11/4/2019: Brandon Barford discusses inaction on Federal Reserve Board and FDIC nominees in the American Banker 

October 2019

10/30/2019: Sam McGowan speaks about Apple’s attempts to sidestep antitrust scrutiny in the Daily Telegraph

10/29/2019: Beacon analysis of Boeing hearings before Congress cited in MarketWatch

10/17/2019: Beacon analysis of drug pricing legislation and executive action cited in MarketWatch

10/14/2019: Beacon analysis on US-China trade cited in the Financial Times

10/14/2019: Stephen Myrow talks about US-China trade in The Hill

10/11/2019: Stephen Myrow talks about PCAOB inspections in Bloomberg

10/9/2019: Ben Koltun discusses the efforts of tobacco companies in supporting Tobacco 21 legislation in KCUR

10/9/2019: Beacon analysis on US-China trade cited in the Washington Post

10/1/2019: Brandon Barford discusses how Elizabeth Warren plans to disrupt far more than financial services companies in the Daily Telegraph

10/1/2019: Stephen Myrow explains the impact of impeachment on housing finance reform in HousingWire

September 2019

9/29/2019: Stephen Myrow assesses the impact of impeachment on President Trump’s trade agenda in The Hill

9/27/2019: Stephen Myrow analyzes the prospects for a US-China trade deal in light of the impeachment inquiry on CNBC

9/26/2019: Stephen Myrow discusses the impact of impeachment on US-China trade relations and the markets on BNN Bloomberg

9/25/2019: Stephen Myrow lays out the problems impeachment could bring for investors in the Washington Post

9/21/2019: Rachel Pierson talks US climate change policy heading into the UN General Assembly in The Nation

9/18/2019: Brandon Barford comments on the personalization of business owner liability in the ongoing opioid lawsuits in the Daily Telegraph

9/18/2019: Beacon Policy Advisors analyzes the challenges of congressional passage of the USMCA in the Washington Post

9/10/2019: Brandon Barford discusses the bad blood between presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden in the American Banker

9/6/2019: Beacon Policy Advisors’ view that GSE recap and release will likely be delayed and impacted by the election in MarketWatch

9/5/2019: Beacon Policy Advisors’ assessment of the Trump administration GSE blueprint in Bloomberg News 

9/5/2019: Stephen Myrow discuses the resumption of US-China trade talks on CNBC

9/3/2019: Stephen Myrow writes about Xi’s decoupling with Trump in the Wall Street Journal

August 2019

8/27/2019: Sam McGowan explains why the Pentagon’s last minute decision to review the JEDI contract is a ploy to protect it from political push back in the Financial Times

8/13/2019: Sam McGowan discusses Amazon’s long-term prospects and how investors should view calls to break up the company in The Telegraph

8/13/2019: Stephen Myrow talks about the Trump administration’s latest delay in tariffs and the Trump-Xi dynamics in The Hill

8/7/2019: Rachel Pierson writes about Trump’s penchant for tariffs in Morning Consult

8/6/2019: Stephen Myrow analyzes the way forward — or lack thereof — in the US-China tariff war in the Washington Post

July 2019

7/29/2019: Rachel Pierson discusses the outlook for US-China talks on BNN Bloomberg

7/24/2019: Ben Koltun talks about the prospects of cannabis banking reform in the Senate in MarketWatch

7/23/2019: Brandon Barford analyzes the political motivations behind President Trump’s drug pricing reforms in the Financial Times

7/18/2019: Ben Koltun discusses the problems Facebook faces with launching Libra in the Financial Times

7/17/2019: Stephen Myrow talks about US-China trade tensions, the risk of a NAFTA withdrawal, and DC’s scrutiny of big tech on BNN Bloomberg

7/10/2019: Sam McGowan explains how Trump’s “Social Media Summit” is more a political show than any sort of policy substance in the Wall Street Journal

June 2019

6/9/2019: Brandon Barford discusses the Trump administration’s comments on anti-Semitism and UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in the Daily Telegraph

6/4/2019: Beacon Policy Advisors quoted in Bloomberg about the coming risks for big tech from Washington

6/4/2019: Beacon Policy Advisors take on the negative impact of Tobacco 21 legislation for the tobacco industry in MarketWatch

6/3/2019: Stephen Myrow talks about the battle over changing the tax treatment of carried interest in Bloomberg

6/3/2019: Brandon Barford comments in Bloomberg on FHFA Director Mark Calabria’s leverage over Treasury when determining capital levels 

May 2019

5/22/2019: Beacon Policy Advisors quoted in MarketWatch saying Democratic leaders in the House are merely paying lip service to Medicare for All

5/21/2019: Brandon Barford comments on the treatment of various classes of GSE shareholders in an interview with MarketWatch

5/13/2019: Brandon Barford discusses the Senate Banking Committee letter to Facebook on potential violations of consumer banking laws in the American Banker

5/9/2019: Stephen Myrow analyzes Trump’s aggressive stance toward China and its effects on his political bases of support in The Hill

5/9/2019: Stephen Myrow talks about the prospects for the US-China trade negotiations on BNN Bloomberg

April 2019

4/26/2019: Brandon Barford is quoted in the Daily Telegraph on former CO Gov. John Hickenlooper’s presidential campaign

4/10/2019: Ben Koltun writes about the framing of the 2020 election between a referendum and a choice in Morning Consult

4/5/2019: Stephen Myrow analyzes the status of US-China trade talks on BNN Bloomberg

4/5/2019: Stephen Myrow comments on the partisan nature of President Trump’s expected Fed nominations in the Financial Times

4/2/2019: Brandon Barford discusses Wells Fargo’s ongoing regulatory problems in The Hill

March 2019

3/27/2019: Brandon Barford analyzes the latest White House memorandum concerning housing finance reform in the Financial Times

3/25/2019: Beacon Policy Advisors’ analysis of the Senate Banking Committee’s GSE reform efforts in Bloomberg

3/15/2019: Brandon Barford speaks about Minnesota Senator and Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar in the Daily Telegraph

3/12/2019: Sam McGowan talks about the impact and likelihood of the recent Democratic tech antitrust proposals getting implemented in The Hill

3/10/2019: Brandon Barford dissects the impending bankruptcy of opioid producer Purdue Pharma in the Daily Telegraph

3/4/2019: Brandon Barford explains some of the US public’s antipathy to high-speed rail in the Daily Telegraph

3/4/2019: Sam McGowan discusses the importance of Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) in crafting the Democratic platform for antitrust tech policy proposals in the Financial Times

February 2019

2/26/2019: Sam McGowan talks about the FTC’s latest tech task force and the continuing spotlight on the issue of tech enforcement in the Financial Times

2/26/2019: Stephen Myrow discusses the prospects and impact of the Trump-Kim summit in context of the US-China trade talks on BNN Bloomberg

2/17/2019: Brandon Barford analyzes the potential for President Trump to impose global auto tariffs as a response to the pain amongst his farm belt political base in the Daily Telegraph 

2/13/2019: Brandon Barford discusses Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and her numerous political apostasy’s in the Daily Telegraph

2/13/2019: Brandon Barford explains that presidential candidate Mayor Peter Buttigieg does not have a sufficient core constituency in today’s Democratic Party in the Daily Telegraph

January 2019

1/24/2019: Brandon Barford discusses congressional investigations into Deutsche Bank in the Financial Times

1/24/2017: Beacon Policy Advisors’ analysis of why GSE recap and release plan won’t happen cited in the Wall Street Journal

1/17/2019: Brandon Barford previews the US-UK free trade negotiations in the UK Daily Telegraph

1/17/2019: Brandon Barford discusses the agenda of Chair Waters and the new freshmen members of the House Financial Services Committee in The Hill

1/16/2019: Brandon Barford analyzes the impact of freshmen members of the House Financial Services Committee in the American Banker

1/9/2019: Stephen Myrow talks about the shutdown, prospects for a national emergency declaration, and President Trump’s impact on the economy in 2019 on BNN Bloomberg

1/9/2019: Stephen Myrow explains how the Fed and trade policy are bigger concerns for investors than the government shutdown in the Washington Post

1/6/2019: Brandon Barford predicts 2019 will be a year of policy challenges for pharma in the Daily Telegraph

December 2018

12/28/2018: Stephen Myrow discusses how President Trump’s rhetoric and actions exacerbate market volatility on CNBC

12/26/2018: Sam McGowan offers his views on regulation of sports betting for the Daily Telegraph

12/24/2018: Stephen Myrow comments on Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s uncertain standing with President Trump in light of market volatility in Bloomberg News

12/23/2018: Brandon Barford discusses his views on potential antitrust risks to “big tech” in the Financial Times

12/21/2018: Beacon Policy Advisors’ analysis on why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservatorships are not ending anytime soon cited by Bloomberg News

12/19/2018: Brandon Barford offers this thoughts on Congressional investigations of President Trump and Deutsche Bank in The Hill

12/14/2018: Brandon Barford casts doubt on any end-of-year financial services bills passing due to controversy over “the wall” in the American Banker

12/10/2018: Brandon Barford comments on the new CFPB Director in The Hill

12/3/2018: Stephen Myrow discusses the impact of the pause in US-China trade tensions on BNN Bloomberg

12/1/2018: Brandon Barford analyzes the political implications for President Trump of GM’s layoff announcement in the Daily Telegraph

November 2018

11/29/2018: Brandon Barford comments on President Trump’s Fed bashing in The Hill

11/8/2018: Brandon Barford discusses the upcoming legislative agenda for financial services in the American Banker

11/6/2018: Stephen Myrow analyzes the impact of the midterm elections on BNN Bloomberg

October 2018

10/10/2018: Stephen Myrow discusses the escalating US-China tensions on BNN Bloomberg

September 2018

9/29/2018: Ben Koltun highlights the offensive push for Medicaid expansion by Democrats in gubernatorial elections in red states this year in the Hill

9/21/2018: Brandon Barford comments in the American Banker on President Trump’s surprise selection of Nellie Liang to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

9/13/2018: Brandon Barford discounts the chances House Financial Services Committee regulatory reform legislation is taken up by the Senate Banking Committee in the American Banker

9/11/2018: Brandon Barford discusses the focus on the Federal Reserve Board as it seeks to implement banking reg relief in the American Banker

9/7/2018: Brandon Barford explains the revolving door between the lawmakers and staffers who drafted Dodd-Frank and the financial industry in the Washington Post

August 2018

8/21/2018: Stephen Myrow examines the impact of Trump’s latest criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the Fed’s independence in the Washington Post

8/5/2018: Brandon Barford discusses the banking industry’s involvement in the Senate midterm elections in the American Banker

July 2018

7/30/2018: Beacon Policy Advisors’ latest analysis on how Trump will respond to the Federal Reserve and the FOMC meeting is cited by the Washington Post

7/11/2018: Stephen Myrow discusses the impact of President Trump’s tensions with NATO and China on BNN Bloomberg

7/10/2018: Brandon Barford analyzes the agenda of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) as potential chair of the House Financial Services Committee in the American Banker

June 2018

6/29/2018: Brandon Barford discusses potential changes in CFPB leadership in the American Banker

6/26/2018: Stephen Myrow describes how domestic policy considerations will limit Trump’s ability to turn his trade rhetoric against China into concrete action in Bloomberg News

6/19/2018: Stephen Myrow explains how the process for imposing tariffs presents a disadvantage for Trump in a trade war with China on MarketWatch

6/19/2018: Beacon Policy Advisors’ latest analysis on Trump’s second round of trade tariffs with China is cited by CNBC

6/12/2018: Stephen Myrow analyzes the Trump-Kim Summit in the context of the broader US-China relationship on BNN Bloomberg

May 2018

5/18/2018: Stephen Myrow explains how North Korean diplomacy impacts US-China trade tensions in Bloomberg News

5/15/2018: Brandon Barford discusses the Trump administration plan to use trade deals to change UK drug purchasing policy in the Daily Telegraph

5/11/2018: Brandon Barford explains the Trump administration prescription drug pricing blueprint on Spectrum News

5/11/2018: Brandon Barford comments on the international trade aspect of the Trump administration drug pricing blueprint in the Financial Times

5/7/2018: Stephen Myrow discusses prospects for CFIUS reform legislation on CNBC

5/4/2018: Stephen Myrow moderates panel discussion of UK foreign policy post-Brexit on C-SPAN

5/1/2018: Brandon Barford describes the war of attrition Acting CFPB Director Mulvaney is conducting against “true believer” career staff in the American Banker

April 2018

4/12/2018: Stephen Myrow discusses impact of Paul Ryan’s retirement on midterm elections in the Financial Times

4/9/2018: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed explaining how to predict President Trump’s next moves on CNBC

March 2018

3/23/2018: Stephen Myrow explains how President Trump’s veto theatrics over the spending bill is an empty threat in the Financial Times

3/15/2018: Brandon Barford discusses House and Senate negotiations over financial reform legislation in the American Banker

3/14/2018: Brandon Barford explains the true impact of the Senate’s financial reform bill in the Financial Times

3/11/2018: Brandon Barford comments about Democratic infighting on financial reform legislation in the Washington Examiner

3/9/2018: Stephen Myrow comments on NED Director Gary Cohn’s departure on Marketwatch

3/6/2018: Brandon Barford analyzes the impact of NEC Director Gary Cohn’s departure in the American Banker

February 2018

2/14/2018: Brandon Barford is interviewed about the electoral implications of recent stock market volatility in Morning Consult

2/6/2018: Brandon Barford discusses how continued bank scandals necessitate stealth lobbying via trade associations in the American Banker

January 2018

1/25/2018: Brandon Barford dissects the impact of the budget and immigration drama’s on Dodd-Frank reform legislation in the American Banker

1/19/2018: Brandon Barford comments on the impact of Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney’s new Republican staff hires in the American Banker

1/8/2018: Stephen Myrow analyzes the prospects for President Trump to withdraw from NAFTA on Canada’s Business News Network

December 2017

12/20/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses the political impact of the tax reform bill in the Financial Times

12/8/2017: Stephen Myrow explains the potential upside from the end of year spending negotiations in The Business Journals

November 2017

11/30/2017: Beacon Policy Advisors’ analysis of Fed Governor nominee Marvin Goodfriend’s impact on monetary policy cited by CNBC

11/29/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses the rising prospects for tax reform on Canada’s Business News Network

11/29/2017: Stephen Myrow addresses the growing momentum for tax reform in the Financial Times

11/20/2017: Stephen Myrow explains the coming tax reform reckoning on Canada’s Business News Network

11/17/2017: Ben Koltun authors op-ed analyzing the looming government shutdown threat on CNBC

11/2/2017: Stephen Myrow analyzes the prospects for the House’s tax reform bill on Canada’s Business News Network

11/2/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses the impact of Jay Powell’s nomination as the next Fed chair on Canada’s Business News Network

11/1/2017: Stephen Myrow comments on efforts to repeal the Obamacare individual mandate through tax reform in the Financial Times

October 2017

10/27/2017: Stephen Myrow explains why Jay Powell is likely the Fed chair nominee on Fox Business News

10/26/2017: Stephen Myrow cautions against exuberance over tax reform in the Financial Times

10/17/2017: Stephen Myrow analyzes President Trump’s Fed chair options on Fox Business News

10/11/2017: Brandon Barford speaks to Morning Consult about the politics of emergency funding for Puerto Rico

10/2/2017: Brandon Barford discusses Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) and his oversight approach in Bloomberg BNA

September 2017

9/27/2017: Stephen Myrow identifies the critical missing element of tax reform in the New York Times’ Dealbook 

9/22/2017: Stephen Myrow addresses the staffing shortage at the Treasury Department in Bloomberg News

9/13/2017: Stephen Myrow describes the prospects for tax reform in the Financial Times

9/12/2017: Brandon Barford discusses the chances for policy related changes to the Dodd-Frank Act in Morning Consult

9/6/2017: Brandon Barford comments in Bloomberg BNA regarding the shifting views in Congress towards a commission structure for the CFPB

August 2017

8/18/2018: Stephen Myrow addresses investors’ perception of National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn on CNBC

July 2017

7/19/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses Trump administration’s more aggressive posture towards China in Bloomberg News

7/18/2017: Stephen Myrow comments on why healthcare is failing in the Senate in the Financial Times

June 2017

6/22/2017: Brandon Barford analyzes McConnell’s compromise of the American Health Care Act to repeal Obamacare in the Financial Times

6/21/2017: Brandon Barford discusses the Senate’s healthcare reform bill in the Financial Times

6/20/2017: Brandon Barford explains how Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen can hire a general counsel to support her policy goals in Quartz

6/7/2017: Stephen Myrow comments on the Treasury Department’s personnel challenges in Bloomberg News

May 2017

5/30/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses President’s Trump trade policy on CNBC

5/25/2017: Stephen Myrow explains the political objective of President Trump’s budget proposal in Bloomberg Businessweek

5/21/2017: Stephen Myrow comments on the political impact of President Trump’s first budget proposal in the Wall Street Journal

5/19/2017: Stephen Myrow addresses the opportunities and challenges for President Trump on his first foreign trip on CNBC

5/18/2017: Stephen Myrow explains how the GOP’s legislative agenda remains on track despite the White House turmoil in the Financial Times

5/18/2017: Stephen Myrow analyzes the impact of the special prosecutor appointment on the GOP’s legislative agenda on CNBC

5/16/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses the impact of the White House turmoil on the Trump administration’s agenda on Canada’s Business News Network

5/15/2017: Brandon Barford shares his views regarding housing finance reform with Morning Consult

5/1/2017: Stephen Myrow comments on the significance of the budget deal for future bipartisan compromises in the Financial Times

April 2017

4/19/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses the prospects for tax reform and its impact on the real estate sector on CNBC

4/17/2017: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed explaining how the White House power dynamics resemble “Game of Thrones” on CNBC

March 2017

3/31/2017: Bloomberg News highlights Beacon Policy Advisors’ expectation that the new administration will block a wide range of cross-border deals as part of Trump’s America First agenda

3/29/2017: Stephen Myrow analyzes the prospects for tax reform and other elements of the Trump agenda on CNBC

3/28/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses the likelihood and contours of tax reform on Canada’s Business News Network

3/27/2017: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed deconstructing the core elements of the Trump rally on CNBC

February 2017

2/23/2017: Brandon Barford comments on Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s appetite for housing finance reform in Bloomberg News

2/15/2017: Stephen Myrow addresses the impact of the Trump campaign’s Russian contacts on the Trump administration’s relationship with Congress in the Financial Times

2/13/2017: Brandon Barford states that Trump administration financial reforms must be viewed through a populist lens in the Financial Times

2/6/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses Trump administration’s America First agenda in context of China and Mexico on Canada’s Business News Network

2/6/2017: Stephen Myrow comments on Trump administration’s unorthodox currency policy in Bloomberg News

2/5/2017: Beacon Spotlight Report analyzing Trump administration’s budget policy cited in the Wall Street Journal

January 2017

1/23/2017: Alana Dovner discusses the likelihood that Congress approves President Trump’s proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices in the New York Times

1/21/2017: Brandon Barford analyzes President Trump’s ACA related executive order in the Financial Times

1/16/2017: Stephen Myrow discusses the confirmation process for Trump administration Cabinet nominees in the Wall Street Journal

1/11/2017: Brandon Barford highlights the slow-moving process behind repealing aspects of Dodd-Frank in the Financial Times

1/9/2017: Stephen Myrow explains the evolving power dynamics in President-elect Trump’s inner circle on Canada’s Business News Network

1/6/2017: Brandon Barford predicts a new era of deregulation has arrived in Washington, DC in the Financial Times

December 2016

12/9/2016: Brandon Barford and Alana Dovner analyze the nature of President-elect Trump’s threat to pharma in the New York Times

12/8/2016: Brandon Barford discusses the prospect of federal student loan refinancing under the Trump administration in Bloomberg News

12/2/2016: Brandon Barford comments on the conservatorship of the GSEs under the Trump administration in Bloomberg News

November 2016

11/30/2016: Brandon Barford discusses the appointment of Rep. Tom Price MD (R-GA) as HHS secretary in the Financial Times

11/29/2016: Stephen Myrow dissects the power players and policy implications of the Trump transition team on Canada’s Business News Network

11/29/2016: Brandon Barford details the incoming Trump administration’s regulatory views on financial services regulation in Morning Consult 

11/22/2016: Stephen Myrow comments on the Trump administration’s likely approach to regulating big banks in Bloomberg News

11/21/2016: Beacon’s Weekly Horizon highlights Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions’ views on immigration and private prisons in Bloomberg News

11/13/2016: Brandon Barford discusses the Trump transition team’s financial services views in Reuters

11/11/2016: Brandon Barford predicts NAVI could be sued by CFPB and state attorneys general in wake of Trump victory

11/9/2016: Brandon Barford comments on the impact of a Republican sweep on housing finance reform in Bloomberg News

11/9/2016: Brandon Barford predicts regional and community bank regulatory relief legislation in The Hill

11/9/2016: Stephen Myrow analyzes the impact of the incoming Trump administration on Canada’s Business News Network

11/9/2016: Stephen Myrow addresses the new power dynamic in Washington in the Financial Times

11/7/2016: Stephen Myrow discusses the likely impact of the elections in an interview on NPR’s Marketplace

October 2016

10/31/2016: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on why Paul Ryan needs to come up with an exit strategy on CNBC

10/28/2016: Stephen Myrow analyzes the electoral impact of the FBI’s resumed investigation of Clinton’s e-mails on Canada’s Business News Network

10/27/2016: Beacon’s Spotlight Report on Clinton’s Kitchen Cabinet highlighted in Politico’s Morning Money

10/22/2016: Rachel Pierson comments on the regulatory process if AT&T plans to buy Time Warner in Buzzfeed

10/21/2016: Brandon Barford discusses how online lenders are addressing regulatory scrutiny in The New York Times

10/10/2016: Stephen Myrow explains how presidential race is now all about the down-ballot fallout for GOP in the Financial Times

10/9/2016: Stephen Myrow discusses the electoral implications of Donald Trump’s video scandal in the Financial Times

September 2016

9/27/2016: Alana Dovner’s forecast of legislative action on prescription drug prices under a Clinton presidency is featured in Bloomberg News

9/19/2016: Brandon Barford comments on the overdraft rule and the CFPB’s priorities moving forward in Bloomberg BNA

9/13/2016: Brandon Barford discusses the process behind Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-TX) Financial CHOICE Act in Bloomberg News

9/12/2016: Brandon Barford analyzes marketplace lending and the debate over fintech in SAGE businessresearcher

9/8/2016: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on the prospects for corporate tax reform in light of the EU’s tax ruling against Apple in The Hill

9/2/2016: Stephen Myrow explains how the EU’s tax ruling against Apple impacts corporate tax reform in BuzzFeed News

9/1/2016: Brandon Barford comments on the Senate Banking Committee’s agenda and the end of Sen. Richard Shelby’s (R-AL) tenure as chairman in Bloomberg BNA

August 2016

8/25/2016: Stephen Myrow discusses challenges facing next Treasury secretary in Bloomberg News

8/23/2016: Alana Dovner’s analysis of private prisons is highlighted by Bloomberg News

8/11/2016: Stephen Myrow comments on Hillary Clinton’s economic policy in Bloomberg Politics

July 2016

7/26/2016: Stephen Myrow discusses the Democratic National Convention and its market implications on Canada’s Business News Network

7/21/2016: Stephen Myrow analyzes the impact of Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) refusal to endorse Donald Trump in the Financial Times

7/19/2016: Stephen Myrow discusses the Republican National Convention and its market implications on Canada’s Business News Network

June 2016

6/30/2016: Stephen Myrow comments on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) role in getting PROMESA passed in the Wall Street Journal

6/29/2016: Stephen Myrow analyzes the trade and energy sector impacts of the Three Amigos Summit on Canada’s Business News Network

6/23/2016: Brandon Barford offers analysis on the emerging splits between Puerto Rican bondholders in Bloomberg News

6/22/2015: Rachel Pierson discusses President Obama’s environmental legacy in the Financial Times

6/22/2016: Brandon Barford comments on CFPB regulation of small business lending in Bloomberg BNA

6/20/2016: Brandon Barford theorizes about the role Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) could have as Hillary Clinton’s VP in the American Banker

6/7/2016: Stephen Myrow speaks about the implications of Hillary Clinton as the presumptive Democratic nominee on Canada’s Business News Network

6/6/2016: Brandon Barford discusses the lack of impact the Puerto Rican primary results will have on the fate of the PROMESA bill before Congress in Bloomberg News

6/2/2016: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on how investors are right on Trump but wrong about Clinton on CNBC

May 2016

5/24/2016: Brandon Barford comments on Puerto Rico legislation in Morning Consult

5/23/2016: Stephen Myrow analyzes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders’ investment prospects in Morning Consult

5/11/2016: Brandon Barford comments on Google’s ban on payday lending ads in BuzzFeed News

5/6/2016: Stephen Myrow addresses Donald Trump’s comments on the US debt in Financial Times

5/4/2016: Stephen Myrow discusses general election prospects for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Canada’s Business News Network

5/4/2016: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) going all-in on Puerto Rico and tax reform in The Hill

April 2016

4/26/2016: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on how Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) could save the GOP by losing to Hillary Clinton on CNBC

4/26/2016: Brandon Barford  addresses marketplace lender Avant and the hierarchy of consumer loan repayment in the Chicago Tribune

4/25/2016: Brandon Barford offers analysis on the new GOP definition of “bailout” in the context of Puerto Rico in Morning Consult

4/20/2016: Stephen Myrow speaks about the battle for the GOP presidential nomination and its market implications on Canada’s Business News Network

4/6/2016: Stephen Myrow discusses the impact of the Treasury Department’s new inversions rules with The Takeaway’s John Hockenberry

4/5/2016: Stephen Myrow comments on the Treasury Department’s new inversions rules in Financial Times

March 2016

3/30/2016: Stephen Myrow comments on MetLife’s court victory in its fight to avoid a SIFI designation in Financial Times

3/29/2016: Brandon Barford explains the CFPB’s approach to regulating marketplace lending in Bloomberg BNA

3/15/2016: Stephen Myrow discusses the implications of a general election contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Canada’s Business News Network

February 2016

2/2/2016: Brandon Barford analyzes the results of the Iowa caucuses as they relate to financial services regulation in the American Banker

January 2016

1/25/2016: Brandon Barford speaks to Morning Consult about a control board for Puerto Rico

1/11/2016: Brandon Barford comments on House efforts to draft Puerto Rico related legislation in Bloomberg News

1/5/2016: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on how Saudi-Iran tensions could drive oil prices lower on CNBC

December 2015

12/17/2015: Stephen Myrow addresses big banks’ reduced political leverage in Bloomberg News

12/16/2015: Stephen Myrow explains political motivation behind REIT spin-off restriction in the Wall Street Journal

12/16/2015: Stephen Myrow weighs in on significance of end of year budget and tax deal in Financial Times

12/15/2015: Brandon Barford discusses regulator and Hill interest in marketplace lending in Bloomberg News

12/9/2015: Brandon Barford comments on Puerto Rico’s continued attempts to garner assistance in Washington in Bloomberg News

12/8/2015: Brandon Barford analyzes Congressional oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) in Morning Consult

12/3/2015: Stephen Myrow explains why Congress is unlikely to take action on Puerto Rico’s fiscal problems in the Wall Street Journal

November 2015

11/30/2015: Brandon Barford speaks to Bloomberg News about the focus of Senate Republicans during the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Puerto Rico

11/19/2015: Stephen Myrow comments on the anticipated Treasury Department’s actions to reduce the benefits of tax inversions in Financial Times

11/18/2015: Stephen Myrow addresses the forthcoming Treasury Department measures to stem inversion in Financial Times

11/18/2015: Stephen Myrow discusses the Treasury Department’s regulatory prospects for stemming inversions in Bloomberg News

11/5/2015: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) agenda on CNBC

October 2015

10/23/2015: Stephen Myrow speaks about the politics surrounding the debt limit on the UK’s Share Radio

10/21/2015: Brandon Barford discusses the Obama administration’s Puerto Rico legislative proposal in Bloomberg News

10/21/2015: Stephen Myrow addresses the latest debt limit showdown in Financial Times

10/14/2015: Brandon Barford explains Republican reluctance to pass any Puerto Rico related legislation in Bloomberg News

September 2015

9/25/2015: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed about the prospects for tax reform on CNBC

9/20/2015: Nick Mizaur weighs in on the SEC and its role in cybersecurity in Financial Times

9/10/2015: Stephen Myrow discusses the risk of a government shutdown in Financial Times

August 2015

8/24/2015: Rachel Pierson comments on oil export policy in Financial Times

July 2015

7/30/2015: Stephen Myrow addresses the oil export ban and Keystone XL pipeline issues on Canada’s Business News Network

7/30/2015: Stephen Myrow comments on Ex-Im Bank’s legislative challenges in Morning Consult

7/29/2015: Brandon Barford talks about the lack of a unified Puerto Rican voice in Washington in Bloomberg News

7/28/2015: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed about how Congress will not provide assistance to Puerto Rico on CNBC

7/22/2015: Brandon Barford analyzes the ability of the Federal Financing Bank to provide loan Guarantees to Puerto Rico in Bloomberg News

7/14/2015: Brandon Barford discusses the relationship between Congress and the Federal Reserve in Reuters

7/01/2015: Brandon Barford speaks about the growing popularity of online marketplace lending in Morning Consult

June 2015

6/11/2015: Nick Mizaur outlines the future regulatory landscape for wearable health tech in Morning Consult

6/5/2015: Stephen Myrow discusses the conflict over Ex-Im Bank’s reauthorization in Bloomberg News

May 2015

5/24/2015: Rachel Pierson talks about Congress and the oil export ban in Reuters

5/21/2015: Brandon Barford comments on the chances for financial regulatory reform in the wake of a partisan committee markup in Financial Times

5/19/2015: Brandon Barford weighs the chances for both Republicans and Democrats to vote for financial regulatory reform in Financial Times

5/7/2015: Brandon Barford discusses the inability and political reluctance of the US Treasury and Federal Reserve to bail out Puerto Rico in Bloomberg News

April 2015

4/8/2015: Rachel Pierson comments on the effect of expiring solar tax credits in Morning Consult

March 2015

3/27/2015: Rachel Pierson speaks on budget amendment votes and congressional energy policy in Morning Consult

3/20/2015: Rachel Pierson talks about rules for fracking on federal lands in Financial Times

3/16/15: Brandon Barford weighs the relationship between Jeb Hensarling and Richard Shelby and its impact on Federal Reserve reform efforts for Morning Consult

3/13/15: Brandon Barford discusses reforms to the New York Fed in Reuters

3/10/15: Brandon Barford co-authors column on drone regulations for Morning Consult

February 2015

2/24/15: Brandon Barford predicts Republicans will pass short-term “clean” funding extension for DHS in Financial Times

January 2015

1/15/15: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on the upcoming congressional fiscal fights on CNBC

1/15/15: Brandon Barford speaks on Senator Shelby’s (R-AL) agenda and staff as the new chair of Senate Banking

1/4/15: Stephen Myrow comments on crude oil export policy debate in Financial Times

December 2014

12/10/14: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on the political impediment to crude oil exports on CNBC

12/10/14: Stephen Myrow analyzes the FY15 spending bill in Financial Times

November 2014

11/24/14: Brandon Barford talks about rising scrutiny of the Federal Reserve on Capitol Hill in Bloomberg News

11/21/14: Stephen Myrow comments on the controversy over the Fed’s regulation of big banks in Businessweek

11/18/14: Stephen Myrow discusses implications of failed Senate Keystone vote in Financial Times

11/5/14: Stephen Myrow analyzes the midterm elections implications on Canada’s Business News Network

October 2014

10/30/14: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on whether the GOP has reached the tipping point to win Senate control on CNBC

10/24/14: Brandon Barford discusses how Senator Shelby (R-AL) would conduct oversight of regulators if chairman of Senate Banking Committee in MarketWatch

10/23/14: Brandon Barford talks about how Senator Shelby would treat banks as chairman of Senate Banking Committee in Bloomberg News

10/21/14: Brandon Barford comments on impact of GOP-led Senate on the CFPB for the Washington Examiner

10/20/14: Brandon Barford authors column on how housing activists are poised for incremental gains for Morning Consult

10/17/14: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed about how the Ebola outbreak impacts the midterm elections on CNBC

10/16/14: Stephen Myrow comments on political perception of President Obama’s handling of Ebola crisis in Financial Times

10/9/14: Stephen Myrow and Brandon Barford co-author op-ed about Obamacare’s impact on Fed rate on CNBC

September 2014

9/24/14: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed about 2016 presidential race on CNBC

9/23/14: Stephen Myrow comments on political objective of new inversion regulations in Financial Times

9/23/14: Stephen Myrow analyzes the impact of new inversion regulations in Financial Times

9/18/14: Brandon Barford discusses impact of Scottish independence vote in Politico

9/9/14: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on the economic nature of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on CNBC

9/2/14: Stephen Myrow discusses Ex-Im Bank reauthorization in Financial Times

August 2014

8/29/14: Stephen Myrow discusses the politics of corporate tax inversions in Bloomberg News

8/25/14: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on the impact of Obama’s approval rating on the midterm elections on CNBC

8/14/14: Stephen Myrow authors op-ed on tax inversions on CNBC

July 2014

7/29/14: Stephen Myrow addresses the impact of new sanctions against Russia in Bloomberg News

7/24/14: Stephen Myrow comments on the political context of Paul Ryan’s anti-poverty proposal in Financial Times

7/21/14: Brandon Barford discusses the new battle lines being formed on the 4 year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act’s passage in Morning Consult

7/20/14: Stephen Myrow analyzes the prospects for further sanctions against Russia in Bloomberg News

7/9/14: Stephen Myrow authors article on Ex-Im Bank reauthorization in The Hill

7/2/14: Stephen Myrow explains the limits of federal government assistance to Puerto Rico in Bloomberg News

June 2014

6/30/14: Stephen Myrow discusses the policy argument for reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank in Bloomberg News

6/27/14: Stephen Myrow talks about the forces behind the push to kill the Ex-Im Bank in Bloomberg News

6/25/14: Stephen Myrow comments on the political calculus surrounding the Ex-Im Bank reauthorization in Financial Times

6/11/14: Stephen Myrow explains the market ramifications of Rep. Eric Cantor’s primary loss on Canada’s Business News Network

6/11/14: Brandon Barford discusses how Wall St. has differing relationships with Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) in Bloomberg News

6/11/14: Brandon Barford analyzes how current House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) would function as House Majority Leader in the American Banker

6/2/14: Brandon Barford comments on the political implications of the new EPA climate change plan in Financial Times

6/1/14: Brandon Barford discusses FSOC and the Federal Reserve Board’s efforts to regulate insurance companies in the Morning Consult

May 2014

5/12/14: Rachel Pierson explains the challenges of passing energy efficiency legislation in Financial Times

5/4/14: Rachel Pierson discusses the impending Keystone XL Senate vote in Financial Times

April 2014

4/29/14: Stephen Myrow talks about Russian sanctions and midterm elections on Canada’s Business News Network

4/14/14: Brandon Barford discusses FHFA Director Mel Watt’s role in GSE reform debate in Reuters

March 2014

3/21/14: Stephen Myrow talks about the effects of US sanctions against Russia in Bloomberg

3/7/14: Stephen Myrow explains how US could use financial and economic leverage to address Ukraine crisis on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report

3/7/14: Brandon Barford discusses US loan guarantees for Ukraine in the Fiscal Times

3/4/14:  Stephen Myrow speaks on NPR’s All Things Considered about potential sanctions against Russia over Ukraine

3/4/14: Brandon Barford addresses US energy export policy in Financial Times

3/3/14: Stephen Myrow co-authors op-ed on the Ukraine crisis in The Wall Street Journal

February 2014

2/24/14: Stephen Myrow discusses potential designation of large asset managers as systemically important financial institutions in Bloomberg

2/19/14:  Brandon Barford talks about FHFA Director Mel Watt and former Acting Director Ed DeMarco in Reuters

2/18/14:  Stephen Myrow explains the changing energy policy landscape in North America on Canada’s Business News Network

2/18/14:  Stephen Myrow comments on new Federal Reserve rule regulating large foreign banks in MarketWatch

2/12/14: Brandon Barford discusses housing finance reform legislation in American Banker