ASAToday for July 3rd, 2025

The Slower Pace of the Senate This year, the Senate has operated at a snail’s pace due partisanship, absences, and other distractions have thwarted substantial floor action.  The chamber’s business has so far largely been confined to confirming President Biden’s nominees and dispensing with Republican-led challenges to administration regulation. While the Senate has always been…

Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund Task Force ASA has submitted yet another supporting brief for the Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund in New Mexico. The issue has to do with calculation of interest on prompt payment claims.  New Mexico took its language “1 1/2 percent per month, or fraction thereof” from tax statutes that contain the same…

Update on the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act The House Armed Services Committee considered the FY24 NDAA (H.R. 2670) with Chair Rogers’ initial draft calling for $842.3 billion for the Defense Department, plus $32.4 billion for atomic weapons programs in the Energy Department. The draft bill aligns with the $886.35 billion in defense spending proposed…