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Statement Leadership Now PAC Congratulates 2026 Candidates “Tens of millions of Americans voted, and the system worked,” said Daniella Ballou-Aares, CEO of Leadership Now Project.
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PRESS RELEASE Leadership Now Project Releases a To-Do List for Congress The proposals focus on lowering costs, strengthening competitiveness, and restoring trust. Reports & Analysis Congress Needs Succession Planning Our analysis highlights the growing generational gap in Congress and recommends reforms to promote leadership renewal. Insight Leadership Now Project Endorses Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act A bipartisan bill to strengthen U.S. energy security and affordability. STATEMENT Leadership Now Project Endorses Bipartisan AI Legislation These bipartisan bills take important steps towards managing this transition in ways that support innovation, protect th
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Centrist Business Leaders Send AI Agenda to Congress Centrist Business Leaders Send AI Agenda to Congress Politico reports on Leadership Now's to-do list for the next Congress, with AI as a top priority. Read The Costco Board Member and Other M.B.A.s Who Won in the Midterms The Costco Board Member and Other M.B.A.s Who Won in the Midterms The Journal profiles business leaders who won in the midterms, quoting Leadership Now Project CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares. Read AI’s Workforce Reckoning: “The Disruption in People’s Lives Is Going to Be Real” AI’s Workforce Reckoning: “The Disruption in People’s Lives Is Going to Be Real” At Leadership Now’s 2026 Summit, executives and technologists debated whether America is prepared for the scale and speed of the AI transition already underway. At Leadership Now’s recent… Read Leadership Now Project Applauds Passage of 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Urges President Trump to Sign the Bill into Law Leadership Now Project Applauds Passage of 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Urges President Trump to Sign the Bill into Law Leadership Now Project celebrates the bipartisan passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and urges President Trump to sign the bill into law immediately. Read Smart Businesses Don’t Adapt to Crony Capitalism Smart Businesses Don’t Adapt to Crony Capitalism When the Pentagon labeled AI company Anthropic a “supply chain risk” — simply for refusing to build mass surveillance or autonomous weapons tools — it signaled something alarming… Read Gov Josh Shapiro: “Government Can Still Be a Force for Good” Gov Josh Shapiro: “Government Can Still Be a Force for Good” At the 2026 Leadership Now Summit, Pennsylvania's governor argued that pragmatic, results-driven leadership is how America stays competitive — and how democratic government re-earns public trust. Read