AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin joins us to discuss Congress’ year-end to-do list and the latest update on the economy.

AAF products mentioned in today’s episode:

• In “Intellectual Property, COVID-19 Vaccines, and the Proposed TRIPS Waiver,” former Director of Health Care Policy Christopher Holt and Data and Policy Analyst Tom Lee contend that waiving TRIPS will do nothing to increase vaccine production.

• In “Four Areas for Congress to Exercise Trade Policy Oversight,” former Director of International Economic Policy Tori Smith addresses four major areas of trade policy where congressional oversight is needed.

• In “AI Legislation Tracker,” Technology and Innovation Policy Analyst Joshua Levine charts policy developments in federal artificial intelligence legislation.

• In “Growth, the Budget, and the TCJA,” Holtz-Eakin explores the future of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a huge portion of which is set to sunset in 2025.

• In “‘A New Approach To Taxes,’ Really?” Holtz-Eakin discusses the problems with a proposed “new” approach to taxes by two of the authors of Bidenomics.

• In “Re-authorizing FISA: Options for Reform,” Levine and John Belton review the key FISA reform issues, and focus on the most comprehensive proposal, the Government Surveillance Reform Act.

• In “Employment-based Immigration Policy in the United States: Challenges and Reforms,” Holtz-Eakin reviews the state of the labor force in the near term and into the foreseeable future, examines the problems with current U.S. policy toward employer-based immigration, and offers potential reforms.