ASAToday for November, 7th 2025

ASA Offers Comments on OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Proposed Rule ASA, along with the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC), submitted comments following written post-hearing…

Update: Interest Rates Last week, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. The U.S. labor market has slowed significantly throughout 2025, adding an average of just 29,000 jobs a…

This Week in Congress! The Senate was in session, but the House remained out of session, but Democratic leaders have asked their caucus to return to D.C. this week anyway. Senate leadership…

Status of FY 2026 Government Funding As a reminder, the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) to temporarily extend government funding at current levels is set to last through November 21. Although this timeframe…

Possible Healthcare Package? Last week, a senior White House aide informed reporters that President Trump is not interested in expanding the ACA enhanced premium tax credits. Instead, he is urging Congress to…

Congress Passed a Bipartisan Tax Bill Last week, the Senate unanimously and unexpectedly passed the IRS Math Act (H.R. 998). Since the House had already approved the bill by voice vote in…