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30 PalletCentral • November-December 2018 palletcentral.com POLITICS Bruce Haynes is a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Sard Verbinnen Public Affairs. He also co-heads the Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining the firm, Bruce co-founded the bipartisan communications firm Purple Strategies. At the upcoming NWPCA 2019 ALC, Bruce will present, "Politics & Your Business in the Present-Day Trump World." He will share how what is happening in Washington, DC is affecting your business, and what to expect in the coming months. Join us for this lively conversation with a Washington, DC insider on March 15. Follow @BruceHaynesDC on Twitter. The great divide in America today is not ideology, it is geography. Wealth and education are largely the drivers of that geography, and these are becoming the political dividing lines in modern America. Democrats will certainly use their new House Chairmanships – including Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) at Oversight and Investigations, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) at Financial Services, and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) at Judiciary to conduct new hearings and investigations, attack big banks, persecute the president and drive new investigations into environmental, gun safety, voting rights and anti-trust matters. But business interests are also encouraged by more moderate figures such as Rep. Richie Neal (D-MA) at Ways and Means and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) at Energy and Commerce who will drive most of House business and tax policy. The Senate will continue, with a stronger GOP majority, to confirm a large number of judicial appointments and presidential appointees and remake the nation's judiciary in a more conservative image. The Senate will also block most of the legislation coming out of the House, leading to legislative stalemate and a Congress that postures for 2020 more than works for the people. Looking ahead, President Trump has work to do. He can still win, but he needs Americans to be more optimistic about our future, more approving of his job performance, and he needs to heal the growing GOP rift with suburban voters without alienating rural America. Is there a path? We look forward to exploring that and more at your Annual Leadership Conference (ALC) in March. I'll see you in San Diego! PC The great divide in America today is not ideology, it is geography. Wealth and education are largely the drivers of that geography, and these are becoming the political dividing lines in modern America.