{"id":1004108191,"date":"2014-11-24T07:57:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004108191"},"modified":"2022-12-03T16:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T00:11:59","slug":"december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\/","title":{"rendered":"December Issue: U.S. Politics&#8211;Dawn of a New Age?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Mike Ratliff, Senior Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004107970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\/cpe_1214_law_480\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/11\/CPE_1214_Law_480.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CPE_1214_Law_480\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/11\/CPE_1214_Law_480.jpg?w=480\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1004107970\" alt=\"CPE_1214_Law_480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/11\/CPE_1214_Law_480.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/11\/CPE_1214_Law_480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/11\/CPE_1214_Law_480.jpg?resize=300,169 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>The outcome of the midterm election will create the most Republican Congress since 1929, with the GOP gaining at least eight seats in the Senate and another 13 in the House. With just a few weeks left in the lame-duck session, there is a short-term focus by CRE leaders and Congress to hit a compromise on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and get it on President Obama\u2019s desk. Come the new year, there will be no shortage of general policies for Congress to work on.<\/p>\n<p>According to a number of commercial real estate leaders, a GOP majority in both chambers and a presidential election in 2016 are cause for optimism that smart legislation on energy, the tax code and infrastructure will make its way to law over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republicans really want to show that they can govern,\u201d said Tom Bisacquino, president &amp; CEO of NAIOP. \u201cThey understand that they just can\u2019t sit and continue that gridlock that we have had over the past two\u2014or arguably the past six\u2014years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"November Issue: Women of Influence\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.commercialsearch.com\/news\/publication\/?i=235066&amp;ver=html5&amp;p=60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article in the December 2014 issue of\u00a0<i>CPE<\/i>. Access is free!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The commercial real estate industry turns to the Republican Congress to move meaningful legislation forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":952,"featured_media":1004107970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37301],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004108191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>December Issue: U.S. Politics-Dawn of a New Age? - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"December Issue: U.S. Politics--Dawn of a New Age?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The commercial real estate industry turns to the Republican Congress to move meaningful legislation forward.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-24T15:57:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-04T00:11:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/11\/CPE_1214_Law_480.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anna Spiewak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anna Spiewak\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1bbb99675c2609ea2e6792f8b25d7b76\"},\"headline\":\"December Issue: U.S. Politics&#8211;Dawn of a New Age?\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-24T15:57:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-04T00:11:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/CPE_1214_Law_480.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/december-issue-u-s-politics-dawn-of-a-new-age\\\/\",\"name\":\"December Issue: U.S. Politics-Dawn of a New Age? 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