ASAToday for March 24, 2026

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…

This Week in Congress Congress returned this week to start the second session of the 119th Congress. The House considered two bills that would limit the Energy Department’s ability to issue household…

Update: FY26 Appropriations Bills The legislation that ended the government shutdown in November included three FY26 appropriations bills: Agriculture, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs.  Congress has until January 30 to pass…