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Border Wall Funding Returned The Biden administration announced plans to return more than $2 billion in military construction funds that had been diverted to construction of a southern border wall.  The plan also calls for using some of the unspent funds the Trump administration diverted to the border to repair damage caused by wall construction,…

This Week in Congress Senators returned from recess this week with nomination votes and a vote on legislation to increase U.S. competition with China. In the House, members of Congress will meet for a week of committee work, with no floor votes planned.  On Wednesday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considered an infrastructure bill…

ASA’s Shelia Ohrenberg Testifies at House Small Business Committee’s Infrastructure Hearing On Thursday, June 10, 2021, Shelia Ohrenberg, a long-standing ASA member, President of the Sorella Group based in Kansas City, KS, and President of the Women Construction Owners and Executives (WCOE), testified at the House Small Business Contracting and Infrastructure Subcommittee Hearing entitled “Utilization…

ASA Supports Reps. Lynch (D-MA) and Balderson (R-OH) Amendment to H.R. 3684 On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considered H.R. 3684, the INVEST In America Act, and ASA supported the Lynch/Balderson amendment to it, which mirrored their legislation, H.R. 1641, “The Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act.”…

ASA Calls Upon Senate Majority Leader Schumer for a Vote on Surface Transportation Legislation ASA, along with 50 trade associations including the U.S. Chamber, sent a letter to Senate Majority Schumer urging him to formally schedule Senate floor time now for action on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 (STRA) before the August recess.…

EEOC Issues COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Employers This article is from SESCO Management Consultants ASA’s Human Resource partner. To learn more about this and all of the other benefits available through your ASA membership, click here. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued new COVID-19 vaccine guidance for employers. The new guidance addresses…

Senate Infrastructure Talks Continue… President Biden and Sen. Capito (R-WV) met again on Tuesday to discuss infrastructure.  President Biden previously rejected Senate Republicans’ $928 billion infrastructure offer, which had $257 billion of new net spending. The President had dropped his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan to $1.7 trillion in new spending.  Sen. Romney (R-UT) said he…

House Earmarks to Be Included in the Surface Transportation Bill The House Democrats attached 1,473 earmark requests to surface transportation reauthorization legislation.  The earmarks will be included in the $547 billion highway bill to be considered on Wednesday by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.  It will include 1,067 earmark projects from Democrats, 403 from…

President Biden’s Tax on Multinational Corporations President Biden’s plan for a 15 percent minimum global tax on multinational corporations made headway over the weekend, when finance leaders of the Group of Seven nations agreed to push for a minimum tax that would be imposed on corporations no matter where they locate their headquarters. The group…

Click Here to View this Podcast! ASA Government Relations Podcast: Interview with Jordan Howard of Associated General Contractors of America On May 20th, 2021 ASA’s Government Relations Director, Mike Oscar, interviewed Jordan Howard, Director of the Federal and Heavy Construction Division at the Association General Contractors of America. During this podcast they discussed ways to…