ASAToday for December, 18th 2025

Budget Reconciliation Update Republican leadership continues to try to build consensus to include language in the reconciliation package to raise the debt ceiling. If they can get there, the looming X-date turns…

White House Agency Layoff Plans Federal officials are preparing agencies to cut 8-50% of their employees in the Trump administration’s effort to reduce federal government size. The Department of Housing and Urban…

  Administration for a Healthy America Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy proposed the creation of an agency named the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA). The AHA would encompass the…

Immigration Enforcement On Thursday, March 27th, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) to establish a task force aimed at enhancing crime control and “maximizing immigration enforcement” in Washington, DC. The EO…

This Week in Congress   Both the House and the Senate were in session this week, following a week-long recess. Congress will be in session for the next three weeks, before breaking from…

Budget Reconciliation Update!   Just before recessing, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through the end of fiscal year 2025. Republican leaders will spend the next three weeks…