ASAToday for July 17th, 2025

This Week in Congress This week, the 117th Congress returned to Washington and on Wednesday, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. On his first day in office and in the following days, President Biden is expected to sign a number of executive orders and take other executive actions…

President Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package Last Thursday, January 14, 2021, President-Elect Biden announced his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 Relief Package to fund state and local governments, health initiatives, schools, child care, workers, and more.  The proposal would include $350 billion to help state and local governments, including to support first responders, expand testing, and…

The Biden Administration’s Immediate Action on Immigration Reform President Biden immediately signed a memorandum instructing the Homeland Security Secretary to preserve and bolster the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program created under President Obama, which shields from deportation individuals brought to the country illegally as children. Also, President Biden plans to call on Congress to…

Biden Administration Immediately Rolls Back Environmental Provisions After being sworn in on Wednesday, President Biden announced that the U.S. will rejoin the 2015 Paris climate accords and revoke the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline.  Also, the Biden Administration will direct federal agencies to review more than 100 federal environmental regulations and agency decisions by…