ASAToday for January, 15th 2025

This Week in Congress Congress has 18 days left to pass nine appropriations bills to prevent a partial government shutdown. The House considered five bills advanced by the Education and the Workforce…

ASA Calls Upon the Treasury Department to Purge CTA Database ASA, together with numerous Main Street business organizations, called on the Department of the Treasury to promptly remove all beneficial ownership information…

FY26 Appropriations Update Last week, the House approved a three-part spending package covering Energy-Water, Interior, and Commerce-Justice-State (C-J-S) appropriations. Getting this passed requires some negotiation. When the package went before the Rules…

Healthcare Debate Continues Last week, the House passed a Democratic bill for a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits, with support from seventeen Republicans. The vote was considered…

Senate Rebuke of Trump Foreign Policy Recently, the administration’s foreign policy, particularly over the last few weeks, has caused frustration among Democrats and posed challenges for some Republicans in Congress. In a…

Reconciliation 2.0? Chairman Pfluger (R-TX) announced that the Republican Study Committee will release a blueprint for a second budget reconciliation package this week. Congressional Republicans are split on pursuing another party-line bill.…

New House Ratios Rep. LaMalfa (R-CA) passed away, leaving Republicans with a narrow one-vote majority in the House (218-213), as Rep. Massie (R-KY) often breaks party ranks. California has two weeks to…

DOL’s Six Opinion Letters on the Application of FMLA and FLSA On January 5, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued six opinion letters to provide clarity to the employer community…