Election 2020

These public finance supporters in both chambers of Congress include Democrats from Massachusetts, Maryland, and Alabama and Republicans from Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas.

Proposition 15 would detach commercial real estate from California's cap on property assessment increases.

Voters will consider bond issues in three states and a number of tax measures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Biden's economic adviser pointed out that a new study couldn’t compare Biden’s economic plan to Trump’s because the president doesn’t have one.

Neal, the most influential advocate for tax-advantaged bonds in Congress, is assured re-election because Republicans are not fielding a candidate in November.

Adie Tomer, a fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, talks with Sarah Wynn on the hopes for a future infrastructure bill and what form it could take before and after the November elections. (19 minutes)

Rep. Richard Neal was the lead architect of the muni-friendly provisions in the Moving Forward Act which passed the House in July.

Polling shows President Trump is currently the underdog in nine out of 11 battleground states.

Ashton Goodfield, head of municipal bonds at DWS Group, talks with Chip Barnett about how the municipal bond market has been coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and what's in store for the rest of the year. (22 minutes)

Trump's bare-bones campaign agenda released Aug. 23 promises to “build the world’s greatest infrastructure system.”

Infrastructure paired with a stimulus bill similar to that of 2009 is plausible only if Democrats take the White House, Senate and House.

Whether Democrats regain control of the Senate may be the most crucial question for the municipal finance sector in this year’s November election.

A lot is at stake for the public finance industry in this fall's elections, in addition to the Fed's involvement in the municipal market. Bond Buyer editors Lynne Funk and Kyle Glazier discuss the climate in Washington. (10 minutes)

Former Vice President Joe Biden already is running on a muni-friendly campaign platform.

Several scenarios exists offering different potential outcomes, according to an observer.

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are proposing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars that would require the support of lawmakers in both chambers of Congress.

Michigan voters head to the polls on March 10 to decide on more than $600 million of school boding proposals.

It was a busy day in the primary, as the markets continue to deal with crosscurrents of COVID-19 and election results.

Christopher Fink, a managing director at Bank of America Corp., said he plans to mount a Democratic primary challenge against longtime Representative Eliot Engel.

The San Diego City Council approved a resolution asking staff to craft language for a $900 million affordable housing bond.