ASAToday for July 17th, 2025

President Trump’s 2nd Impeachment Trial Last Friday, Speaker Pelosi said that the House impeachment managers were preparing for the trial, but she declined to say when the article of impeachment would be sent to the Senate, or when the trial would begin.  Another unknown is whether Chief Justice Roberts will preside, or if that role will…

Small Business Administration (SBA) Obsoletes Non Deductible PPP Loan Expenses On Monday, January 11, 2021, Charles Jeane (SBA Office of Advocacy) informed ASA that Revenue Ruling 2021-2 obsoletes IRS Notice 2020-32 and Revenue Ruling 2020-27, which provided that taxpayers could not deduct otherwise deductible business expenses that were paid with forgiven or forgivable PPP loans. …

The Impact of the Senate’s Budget Reconciliation Process on Construction The Senate’s budget reconciliation process is arcane, but a powerful tool that could advance or inhibit President-elect Biden’s agenda on Capitol Hill over the next two years.   In short, budget reconciliation allows the Senate to circumvent the traditional 60-vote threshold and pass legislation with a…

50-50 Senate Senate leadership is beginning to discuss specifics of committee assignments and Senate chamber operations for this session.  In 2001, when the Senate was split 50-50, Republican Majority Leader Lott (R-MS) and Democratic Minority Leader Daschle (D-SD) reached an agreement on committee membership and provided equal resources for both parties.  The majority held committee chairmanships…