ASAToday for January, 15th 2025

Vaccine Cards Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they will no longer distribute COVID-19 vaccination cards. Instead, the CDC recommends individuals contact the state health department’s immunization…

This Week in Congress Despite passing short-term funding legislation this past weekend to keep the federal government funded until mid-November, this week both chambers continued working on a series of appropriations bills…

Federal Government Funded Until November 17, 2023 Under H.R. 5860, the federal government will be funded through November 17th, which also provided $16 billion in emergency disaster aid.  This continuing resolution (CR)…

The House Ousts Speaker McCarthy For now, Rep. McCarthy (R-CA) is no longer Speaker of the House.  A small group of House Republicans, led by Rep. Gaetz (R-FL) joined with Democrats to…

New California Senator California Democrat Laphonza Butler was sworn in on Tuesday as the newest senator, replacing Sen. Feinstein. Butler will become the first Black woman in the Senate since fellow California…

Aid to Ukraine The CR did not contain any additional funds for Ukraine. Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell said they expect more funding to be included before the end…

Updated Products and Upcoming Webinar from ConsensusDocs At the end of last month, ConsensusDocs released updates to their most used prime and subcontract agreements. These agreements include the following documents: ConsensusDocs 200 –…

This Week in Congress This week, Congress worked to avoid a government shutdown prior to September 30th.   As of late Tuesday evening, the Senate voted by a large margin to start the…