Overview
Event Details
Join members of Steptoe's Government Affairs & Public Policy Group for a complimentary webinar on Thursday, November 5, as we break down the 2026 mid-term election results and offer our analysis on what they mean for you and your industry.
Topics for discussion will include:
- What to expect during the Lame Duck session
- Congressional leadership changes and their implications for policymaking
- The House and Senate legislative agendas for the 120th Congress
- How the results could reshape the Administration’s priorities, its approach to Congress, and its use of executive and regulatory authority
We also will examine how the election results will affect specific legislative and regulatory areas, including Congressional Investigations, Tax Policy, Trade, Energy, Financial Services, Appropriations, and Health Care.
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Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST
Speakers:
- Jason Abel, former chief counsel for Chairman Sen. Schumer on the US Senate Committee on Rules & Administration; and former counsel for Sen. Schumer in his personal office
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Leslie Belcher, former chief of staff for Congressmen Tom Cole and Wes Watkins
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Elizabeth Burks, former chief of staff for US Sen. Blanche Lincoln
- Rowan Bost, former legislative aide to Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
- David Dailey, former chief of staff and counsel to Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)
- Matthew Flynn, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Acting White House Cabinet Secretary; and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats, and Counselor for Land and Minerals Management at the Department of the Interior
- Sam Yntema, Director, Steptoe's Government Affairs & Public Policy practice
