Democrats won the House and the Senate on 3 November, and the president keeps the veto. What actually changes for companies buying software, data and AI work in 2027, and what does not.
The $100,000 H-1B fee has been vacated, upheld, renewed and appealed, and DHS has proposed a separate $103,265 fee by rule. What a US software engineer costs fully loaded, the section 174 tax line most pitches for engineering abroad leave out, and how to plan engineering capacity for 2027.
Congress has not passed federal preemption of state AI laws, and control of both chambers changes in January. What California, Colorado, Connecticut, New York and Texas ask of an AI system, and how to build for all of them once.
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