ASAToday for July 17th, 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 find ourselves in the same place as in past years, slowly rolling towards another continuing resolution (CR), putting departments and agencies in slow-down…

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 add 175,000 jobs and keep the jobless rate steady at 4.1 percent, per consensus estimates. The Federal Reserve is leaving interest rates unchanged….

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 hearing regarding the attempted assassination of former President Trump and on Wednesday, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered the Energy Permitting Reform…

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 (CTA)’s filing deadline by one year. Remaining consistent with our message to delay the implementation of the CTA, ASA joined 130 organizations in…