Your Congress in Action: May 18, 2026

Your Congress in Action: May 18, 2026

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” King Henry IV (Henry IV, Part II, W. Shakespeare, c. 1599) Also Nick Fury (Spider-Man: Far From Home, S. Lee et al, 2019) As Washington’s congressional leaders are learning this spring, being in charge means lots...

Executive Order on Federal Contracting

Arguing that the federal procurement process has long “tolerated unpredictable costs, bloated overhead, and weak performance incentives,” President Trump issued an Executive Order late last month making fixed-price or performance-based contracting the...
Your Congress in Action: May 18, 2026

Your Congress in Action: May 4, 2026

ACRA’s preservation partners are not normally name-checked on late night talk shows. Of course, these are hardly normal times, which may explain why Seth Meyers cited the National Trust for Historic Preservation as part of his April 27 show. Why did the Trust rate a...