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This Week in Congress Congress was in session this week and the House is scheduled to be in session for 17 legislative days between now and the Thanksgiving break, and 21 legislative days until the continuing resolution and the debt limit extensions expire on December 3rd.   The Senate continued with nomination votes and both chambers…

Update: Budget Reconciliation Bill Democrats remain undecided on the pending budget reconciliation bill to either include most of the programs for a shorter period of time, or fund a few programs permanently and/or for a longer timeframe. On Tuesday, many meetings were held attempting to achieve some common ground and President Biden met separately with…

Calling Upon the House to Pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act becomes law before the October 31st expiration of the latest FAST Act extension, the Transportation Construction Coalition, which ASA is a member, kicked off a radio advertising campaign in 15 Congressional…

GOP Opposition to Vaccine Mandate Republican attorney generals in several states, where federal OSHA has delegated to states its workplace health enforcement powers, are waiting to see what vaccination and testing mandates the agency will expect from them.  OSHA has approved 26 states and two territories to enforce their own workplace safety and health regulations…

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Update: FY22 Senate Appropriations On Tuesday, the Senate Democrats released the remaining FY22 appropriations bills. None of these nine bills are expected to be marked up in subcommittee or full committee and no other action by the Senate is expected. The Senate bills lay out benchmarks for a conference with the House. Senate Democrats would…

EPA’s Proposed Limits on PFAS Chemicals This week, the EPA said it will move with urgency to set enforceable drinking water limits on certain polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, more commonly known as “forever chemicals,” which do not break down naturally and have turned up in the water supplies of communities across the country.…

House Retirements Reps. David Price (NC) and Mike Doyle (PA) said Monday they will not run again, six days after Rep. John Yarmuth (KY) said the current 117th Congress would be his last. Price heads the House Appropriations Transportation-HUD Subcommittee, Doyle is chair of Energy and Commerce’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee, and Yarmuth leads the…

New Address for Member Payments After October 12th! To those ASA members who mail their dues or other ASA National payments to the ASA P.O. Box in Baltimore, please note that the mailing address will be changing on October 12th. The payment processor we use is moving to Philadelphia. The new address is: American Subcontractors…

This Week in Congress The Senate was in recess and on Tuesday night, the House voted 219-206 to approve a $480 billion debt ceiling increase to avoid a breach of the nation’s borrowing limit until December 3rd. President Biden is expected to sign the legislation avoiding the economic crisis that would have stemmed from the…