ASAToday for November, 20th 2025

FY25 Appropriations Bills “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” “You can’t always get what you want,” and in this case, you cannot even get what you need. It’s August and we…

Update: Jobs and Interest Rates The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent, per data released by the Labor Department. Economists expected the U.S. to…

This Week in Congress This week, the House is in recess until September 9th and the Senate voted on online-child-safety-bills.  On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees held a joint…

The FY25 NDAA and Delaying the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Sens. Scott (R-SC) and Lankford (R-OK) offered amendments to the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to delay the Corporate Transparency Act…

The Economy and National Debt U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a 2.8% annualized rate over three months ending in September. That figure doubled the annualized rate of growth undertaken over…

This Week in Congress This week, Congress returned for a two-week sprint before the August recess.  The House voted on a series of Fiscal Year 2025 spending bills, including Energy and Water…

This Week – ASA Carolinas Convention in Cape Fear, NC! Thursday through Sunday of this week, the ASA Carolinas Convention was held in Cape Fear, North Carolina.  Mike Oscar, ASA’s Government Relations…

House OSHA Hearing On Wednesday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on OSHA’s regulatory “overreach and skewed priorities.” Per Subcommittee Chair Kiley (R-CA), “it…