ASAToday for November 21st, 2024

This Week in Congress Both chambers of Congress returned to Washington this week following their Thanksgiving break, and they have three weeks of work before the end of the 118th Congress to…

Congressional Members Joining the Trump Administration To date, President-elect Trump has tapped the following members of Congress to join his new administration. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL): Secretary of State Expected to resign from…

2024 Election Finally Over? Democrat Adam Gray has won California’s 13th congressional district by 187 votes. This was the last race to be called, leaving Republicans with 220 congressional seats to Democrats’ 215.…

Immigration Update The Republicans will likely have a slim House majority (potentially with no room for error) to pull off immigration changes and will struggle to win over Senate Democrats, who could…

SHA Extends Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Proposed Rule OSHA has provided a 15-day extension to the comment period for its heat injury and illness prevention proposed rule. The comment period now ends on…

DOL Appeals District Court Ruling on Overtime Rule On November 26th, the Department of Labor appealed the District Court’s ruling vacating the overtime final rule to the 5th Circuit. It remains to be…

The 2024 Election Impact on Washington, D.C. ow that November 5th is behind us as we move forward with President-elect Trump and the Republican control of both chambers of Congress, it’s only…

The Case for and Against the Annual Year-End Christmas Bonus It is a traditional practice that most businesses, no matter how small, will provide their employees with a year-end “production” or Christmas…

This Week in Congress Congress returned for the last week of work before the Thanksgiving-week recess.  The House voted on bills that would boost government geothermal lease sales (H.R. 1449) and to…