Episode 218: Core Industry Issues Front And Center in Washington, DC This Week

This week, Washington, DC was a hotbed of legislative activity critically important to restaurant operators. Hearings on the nominations of industry adversaries, pieces of the PRO Act potentially being passed through reconciliation, the infrastructure bill and the fate of paid leave and child care are just a few of the issues in play during a busy week in the nation’s capital. We will dive into all that and try to sort it all out. And California has just passed the nation’s first statewide Universal Basic Income Program. Whether it’s UBI, the CARES Act, unemployment benefits or forgivable loans to employers, we’ll discuss the growing bi-partisan consensus around direct government payments to both individuals and small businesses. We’ll discuss those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.