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L. Thomas Block – Washington Policy Strategist
L. Thomas Block is the Washington Policy Strategist at Fundstrat, and also President of Tom Block Consults, a public policy consulting firm. Prior to starting his firm, Tom had a 21-year career at JP Morgan Chase, where he served as Global Head of Government Relations and created a Washington Research product for the firm. For 17 years he served as the senior lobbyist responsible for managing political relationships with the U.S. government, state and local governments, and the EU and its member states. He created the bank’s EU Government Relations program. Prior to joining JP Morgan Chase in 1987, Tom was a vice president at Irving Trust Company where he started the Government Relations program for one of the nation’s 20 largest banks.He has also worked on political campaigns both as a strategist and speechwriter.
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Avoiding Another Shutdown
Congress has left DC for the MLK holiday, but the House will return next week to work on spending legislation in hopes of avoiding another government shutdown on the new deadline, Jan. 30.
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Washington Policy StrategistThe Supreme Court today failed to hand down its much anticipated decision on the Trump tariffs. No new decision day was announced. This decision has huge implications for the President’s trade policy and for Congress if it needs to take action due...
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Washington Policy StrategistThe Republican narrow majority has been cut to 218 to 213 with the death today of Representative Doug LaMalfa (R,CA). This means that as the House considers contentious legislation to keep the government open or act on issues related to Venezuela they...
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Stocks Slide As Investors Digest A Flurry of White House Policies
Stocks took a breather this week, dragged down by rapidly changing policies in the White House catching Wall Street off guard.
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Big week in DC: Powell testifies, Super Tuesday, State of the Union (SOTU), Shutdown
Tuesday is the biggest day on the Presidential primary calendar – Super Tuesday. Voters in 15 states will cast their votes in Republican Presidential primaries. Nearly a third of all delegates will be chosen with delegate-heavy states of...
L. Thomas Block
Washington Policy StrategistCongress faces budget deadline, Israel funding and Fed decides
The November 17 deadline for Congress to act and pass government funding bills to avoid a government shutdown is quickly approaching. The central issue is how newly elected Speaker Johnson threads the needle to get a bill passed...
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Washington Policy StrategistLatest Publications
Avoiding Another Shutdown
Congress has left DC for the MLK holiday, but the House will return next week to work on spending legislation in hopes of avoiding another government shutdown on the new deadline, Jan. 30.
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Washington Policy StrategistFed Chair Inquiry, Congress Faces Shutdown Deadline
On Sunday night, the Fed announced that it had received a criminal complaint from the Justice Department focused on Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony in the Senate on the construction project at their Washington headquarters. Powell responded in a...
L. Thomas Block
Washington Policy StrategistHouse GOP Splits on Obamacare
In the first real legislative setback for President Trump, 17 House Republicans joined all the House Democrats to vote in favor of a three-year restoration of the ACA/Obamacare health insurance subsidies. The vote demonstrated the challenges the White...
L. Thomas Block
Washington Policy StrategistCongress Returns, Venezuela Invaded, Fed in Spotlight
After the six-week holiday break, Congress returns this week to a political environment that has been sharply changed with the invasion of Venezuela and the capture of its President Nicolás Maduro, who is now being held in a New York City prison to face trial. President Trump...
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