ECA Advocacy Update: November 11, 2024
1. New President and Congress elected |
On election day, 148 million Americans (and still counting!) went to the polls and voted for change in the White House and Senate.
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- White House: President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance will be sworn in on inauguration day (January 20, 2025) after sweeping all 7 swing states and winning 312 electoral votes.
- Senate: Republicans will lead the Senate for the next two years after picking up hotly-contested seats in West Virginia, Ohio, Montana, and Pennsylvania.
- House of Representatives: While the House of Representatives remains too close to call, Republicans will likely narrowly control the chamber with 219-221 seats (218 seats are needed for a majority).
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ECA's view: “The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) congratulates President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, and the re-elected and newly-elected Members of Congress," said ECA's Tommy Goodwin.
"As the unified advocacy voice of the business and professional events industry, ECA looks forward to working our elected officials to advance the industry’s policy priorities and drive economic growth, support job creation, empower small businesses nationwide, and help solve our most urgent societal challenges.”
What's next? Tax reform will be front and center on Capitol Hill in 2025.
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- ECA supports federal tax reform that is pro-growth, pro-investment, pro-impact, and pro-workforce development.
- Stay tuned for more from ECA on this important issue in the coming days.
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2. Join the ECA Votes post-election webinar |
On Tuesday, November 12 at 2:00 PM ET, ECA will host a free post-election webinar for anyone in the business and professional events industry.
Why it matters: ECA will break down the election results and discuss how they will impact the industry next year in four key policy areas:
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- Tax reform 💸
- International travel 🌎
- Workforce 👷
- Sustainability ♻️
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In addition, Aristotle International's Austin O'Boyle will join us to share how industry leaders and advocates like you can get involved with ECA next year.
Register for free by clicking here.
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3. ECA at the 91st UFI Global Congress |
- Barbara Weizsäcker, Secretary General, European Major Exhibition Centres Association (EMECA) and European Exhibition Industry Alliance (EEIA).
- Stuart Bailey, Chairman, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Industry Association (HKECIA).
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In addition, ECA will be on hand to bid a fond farewell to Kai Hattendorf, who will wrap up his 10-year tenure as CEO of UFI at the end of the year.
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4. In case you missed it... |
- Doug Emslie, ECA board member, talks about advocacy and the U.S. election on the latest episode of the The Dan Assor Show podcast.
- ECA's Tommy Goodwin appears with host Danica Tormohlen on the latest TSNN Trade Show Talk podcast.
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