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This Week in Congress Last Saturday, June 3, 2023, President Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) to avoid the debt ceiling crisis, and we reported on it last week.  The FRA passed the Senate 63-36, and the House passed it with a vote of 314-117.  After weeks consumed by the debt ceiling debate, Congress…

ASA Prepares for the Return of Their D.C. Fly-In Next week, ASA will be advocating on Capitol Hill to ensure the voices of subcontractors, who makeup the three-fourths of the construction industry, are heard throughout the halls of Congress.  We are expecting over forty ASA members from around the country to attend this year’s fly-in,…

ASA SLDF Joins ABC in Oregon Insurance Case Following a brief period of downtime in the movement of cases through the judicial system surrounding COVID, the ASA Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund has been active in 2022-2023. Today we are highlighting our participation in the Twigg v. Admiral Insurance Company case pending before the Oregon Supreme…

AMPP Calls Upon ASA’s Input The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) is calling upon ASA to review and provide feedback on AMPP’s drafted response to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding blood lead levels. Given our association’s significant experience and dedication to worker safety, AMPP believes our input would be invaluable…

Update on Student Loan Proposals A joint resolution to block Biden’s student loan relief proposal likely marks the end of legislative efforts to scrap the initiative. That’s because the White House has said President Biden will veto the measure (H J Res 45), which cleared the Senate by a vote of 52 to 46.  Sens.…

ASA Secures Win for Subcontractors in Texas Prompt Payment Case ALEXANDRIA, Va.—On May 19th, the Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Pepper-Lawson Horizon International Group and against Texas Southern University.  The American Subcontractors Association supported a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Pepper-Lawson last year, seeking an appeal on a decision that held that…

This Week in Congress This week, Congress is singularly focused on the debt ceiling debate with both chambers debating H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which reflects a deal reached with the White House to suspend the debt limit, set spending caps, and other provisions.   The House is on recess this week, but returned on…

Debt Ceiling Debate – The Fiscal Responsibility Act Congress is set to debate the Fiscal Responsibility Act (HR 3746) with Conservative House Republicans balking at the deal, claiming it does not contain sufficient spending cuts. Progressive Democrats are concerned about the work requirements, some environmental provisions, the energy permitting and spending caps. Defense hawks say…

ENR Launching Annual Specialty Contractor Competitions In October 2023, Engineering News-Record (ENR) will release it’s 46th annual Top 600 Specialty Contractors list to it’s estimated three million unique yearly visitors. Ranked by year-end construction-specific revenue and categorized by the type of construction services provided, the leading subcontractors and specialty trade contractors in the U.S. will…

COVID-19 Rescissions Following is a breakdown of nearly $28 billion that would be rescinded from unspent pandemic relief funds in the debt ceiling bill (HR 3746). Almost half of the funding, $13.4 billion, would come from Health and Human Services accounts, predominantly the “public health and social services emergency fund.” The public health fund would…