ASAToday for November, 20th 2025

Surety Bonds on P3 Agreements: Sound Public Policy Protections The federal government long has recognized the importance of surety bonding requirements for its direct public works procurements. The federal Miller Act (40…

Sen. Carper (D-DE) Announces Retirement On Monday, Sen. Carper (D-DE) announced that he will not seek reelection.  Sen. Carper, 76, is the fourth Democratic senator to announce his retirement, following Sens. Stabenow…

Editorial Cartoon: https://www.cleveland.com/ This Week in Congress Congress was in session this week with the Senate tackling nomination votes while the House voted on legislation that would allow immigrants convicted of assaulting…

Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue President Biden and congressional leaders met this week for a second time to discuss raising the debt ceiling.  President Biden is scheduled to be at the G-7 summit…

ASA Celebrates 2023 Infrastructure Week! As we celebrate Infrastructure Week in 2023, we find ourselves in a place of unprecedented opportunity. Cities, towns, and villages across America have access to a historic…

Sen. Daines Reintroduces the Main Street Certainty Act Sen. Daines (R-MT) reintroduces the Main Street Certainty Act, which we supported in the last Congress, and it would make permanent the 20-percent deduction…

This Week in Congress This week, the House voted on border security and immigration legislation as the pandemic-era Title 42 policy that has allowed officials to expel migrants at the border is…

Debt Ceiling White House Meeting After the hour-long White House meeting on Tuesday, no progress was made in coming to an agreement on the debt ceiling, but President Biden and House and…