ASAToday for January, 15th 2025

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…

Unspent COVID-19 Funds President Biden said rescinding unspent COVID-19 relief funds is “on the table” when it comes to an area where he and lawmakers can agree to make some spending cuts,…

International Vaccine Requirements President Biden has revoked requirements that most international visitors to the U.S. be vaccinated against COVID-19 as well as similar rules for federal employees and contractors.  President Biden’s orders…

Immigration Update The controversial Title 42 policy, which has allowed border agents to turn back migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without considering their asylum claims expires with the COVID-19 public health…

OSHA Update We are seeing an increase in activity coming out of OSHA well into the summer, and below is a brief update of activities that we, along with the Construction Industry…

Mental Health at Work Initiative May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this week the Department of Labor is launching its Mental Health at Work initiative, including a new webpage promoting numerous tools…

Training America’s Workforce Act Sen. Scott (R-SC) has introduced legislation entitled Training America’s Workforce Act, which would revive apprenticeship programs and make them more responsive to industry workforce needs. It would also…