On Saturday evening, Nov. 15, representatives of the many regional, state and local marine trades associations will meet for the 26th time at the annual Marine Dealer Conference & Expo, the industry’s premier dealer educational event, to discuss legislation at the state and federal level. Under the organization of the Advisory Council of Marine Associations […]

It’s around this time that MRAA members typically ask the association to make predictions regarding “what’s next” for the coming year on the Hill. MRAA has frequent discussions year-round with Hill staff and lobbyists who get involved in the political process, and this year is no different. The consensus for a long time has been […]

On Sept. 22, MRAA and 13 other groups working to change the renewable fuel standard for ethanol additives to gasoline met in the West Wing of the White House to discuss the impacts of current renewable fuels and to ask the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain current […]

It’s a strange environment on Capitol Hill when members and staff return to work immediately following the Nov. 2 elections. Several Senators and Representatives will have lost their seats, returning to the Hill to wait out the Lame Duck period and begin the process of closing up their D.C. offices. Staffers will initiate the hunt […]