President Barack Obama has vetoed the Keystone Pipeline bill as promised, using his veto pen for just the third time and the first since 2010.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is suspending the implementation of President Obama’s new executive actions on immigration to comply with an injunction from a federal judge. 

DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said he “strongly” disagrees with the move by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen to temporarily halt the new deferred deportation programs, but said the administration will abide by his order.

The NAEDA joined the major markets in positive terrain, gaining 31.45 points, or 3.25 percent, and closing at 999.79. Advancing issues handily outweighed declining issues at a 14-to-8 count.

The Hill reports that “a trio of top GOP lawmakers introduced a motion of disapproval” in an attempt to prevent the National Labor Relations Board “from speeding up union elections.” The Hill notes that business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, filed a lawsuit last month against the NLRB over the rule.

NAEDA is currently conducting its annual Dealer Manufacturer Relations Survey.  Links to the survey questionnaire were distributed to dealer-members on Monday February 9.  If you don’t recall receiving the email from North American Equipment Dealers Association, please recheck your Inbox or Junk Mail folders.

The NAEDA Stock Index slipped 33.99 points, or 3.39 percent, and closed at 968.34. Declining issues outpaced advancing issues by a 16-to-6 count.

The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA), signed by the President on December 19, 2014, retroactively extends through 2014 certain business tax benefits that had expired at the end of 2013.  This article describes two of the key provisions that affect equipment dealers and their customers.

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years, was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it.

EPA is announcing that the Agency will not be finalizing 2014 applicable percentage standards under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program before the end of 2014.