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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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BBB Headed to White House
After an all-nighter, the House Republican leadership, with a strong assist from President Donald Trump, got the votes to move forward with the Big Beautiful Bill Act that puts into legislation much of the Trump agenda.
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Washington Policy StrategistTreasury Secretary Bessent today extended the extraordinary measures to July 24 to avoid a US government default as the country hits the debt ceiling. He urges Congress to pass the BBB which contains a multi trillion dollar increase in the ceiling before...
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Washington Policy Strategist* Chair Powell’s press conference focused on two themes: uncertainty largely caused by tariff policy and the Committee’s view that the Fed is in a good place to deal with the uncertainty. My guess this is not what the White House wanted...
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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...
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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
BBB Headed to White House
After an all-nighter, the House Republican leadership, with a strong assist from President Donald Trump, got the votes to move forward with the Big Beautiful Bill Act that puts into legislation much of the Trump agenda.
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Washington Policy StrategistBBB Moves Towards Senate Vote
On a tight vote of 51 to 49 on Saturday the Senate narrowly approved the parliamentary move to approve the motion that starts debate on the Big, Beautiful Bill Act in the Senate. Two Republicans, NC Tom Tillis...
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Washington Policy StrategistSenate Tackles Bill Over Weekend
The House passed the Big Beautiful Bill, and it’s now before the Senate with both the White House and the Congressional Republican leadership looking for passage by July 4. As a Congressional aide, we had an expression we...
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Washington Policy StrategistIran Crisis, Congress Works on BBB
The world was faced with a strike on Iranian nuclear resources by the United States on Saturday night. From a statement of a two-week decision period to sending critical bombers to Guam in the Pacific, President Donald Trump...
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