Related content Culture, contracts, pay topped concerns Many high-profile CEOs retired in 2014 Quotes to note U.S. lawmakers addressed few association priorities this year, one exception being the 10-year, $956 billion Farm Bill in January. Coming on the heels of a completely dysfunctional 2013, trade groups for the most part rued their bad luck in the 113th Congress. Major industry interests vowed early in 2014 to pony up substantial resources to change the complexion of Congress—by winning Republican control of the Senate while diminishing the party's shutdown-happy Tea Party wing. Score another one for business as the GOP will control 54 Senate seats in the next… Read More