Archive for October 2021

This Week in Congress This week was crunch time as Democrats in the House, Senate, and the White House face the October 31st deadline of determining the final cost of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” social safety net spending package.  An agreement could allow the House to pass a separate, $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill.…

Update: Budget Reconciliation Bill Democrats are feverishly working on a $1.75 to $2 trillion budget reconciliation package to be passed before October 31st.  On Sunday morning, President Biden met with Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Machin at the President’s Delaware home. The meeting emphasized the urgency to find an agreement before Biden leaves for…

ASA Rejects Grantor Trust and Valuation Rules in the Build Back Better Act With all the attention on “Billionaire Taxes,” we at ASA are concerned that two top issues for our ASA membership, the proposed changes to grantor trust and the changes to valuation rules, might not receive the attention they deserve.  For family businesses,…

ASA Requests Delay of President Biden’s COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors This week, ASA, along with the Construction Industry Procurement Coalition (CIPC), sent a letter to the White House’s Coronavirus Response Coordinator & Counselor to the President of the United States, Jeffrey Zients, requesting a delay in the implementation of the Executive Order (E.O.)…

Challenges to the Employee Vaccine Mandates Continue… On Tuesday, October 26th, Bloomberg News reported that “the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is emerging as the most likely industry group to join the horde of GOP state attorneys general and conservative interest groups that are likely to sue to block OSHA’s the emergency temporary standard…

This Week in Congress Congress was in session this week and the House is scheduled to be in session for 17 legislative days between now and the Thanksgiving break, and 21 legislative days until the continuing resolution and the debt limit extensions expire on December 3rd.   The Senate continued with nomination votes and both chambers…

Update: Budget Reconciliation Bill Democrats remain undecided on the pending budget reconciliation bill to either include most of the programs for a shorter period of time, or fund a few programs permanently and/or for a longer timeframe. On Tuesday, many meetings were held attempting to achieve some common ground and President Biden met separately with…

Calling Upon the House to Pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act becomes law before the October 31st expiration of the latest FAST Act extension, the Transportation Construction Coalition, which ASA is a member, kicked off a radio advertising campaign in 15 Congressional…

GOP Opposition to Vaccine Mandate Republican attorney generals in several states, where federal OSHA has delegated to states its workplace health enforcement powers, are waiting to see what vaccination and testing mandates the agency will expect from them.  OSHA has approved 26 states and two territories to enforce their own workplace safety and health regulations…

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