Archive for January 2022

SCOTUS Rules Against OSHA’s Employee Vaccine ETS The Supreme Court ruled against the Biden’s administration’s vaccine mandate for employers with 100+ workers, meaning employers can continue to implement COVID safety precautions as they determine for their business, subject to any state or local requirements.  The Supreme Court found the ETS is “a general public health…

DOJ Appeals Court Ruling on Federal Contractor Employee Vaccine Mandate On January 12, 2022, the Justice Department announced that it will appeal a Louisiana federal court’s ruling that blocked President Biden’s order for government-contractor workers to get the Covid-19 vaccine.   The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will be the third federal appeals…

NASBP Seminar, “What Every Surety Professional and Their Clients Need to Know About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill – and Plenty More…” The ASA Government Relations Team highly recommends the following NASBP seminar, “What Every Surety Professional and their Clients Need to Know About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill – and Plenty More…”.  This webinar is free…

Bridge Infrastructure Funding Announced! On Friday, January 14th, the Biden administration announced the release of more than $27 billion in bridge funding from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Funding for the formula grant program will be distributed to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S territories and tribal governments over the next five…

Reconciliation and BBB? The Biden administration is working on a roughly $1 billion bill that would keep the climate measures of the Build Back Better (BBB), along with reducing the child tax credit and paid family leave provisions of BBB.  Monthly payments of up to $300 per child expired on Friday, January 14th and a…

Voting Rights Legislation This week Senate Democrats attempted to advance the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (HR 5746) and a combination of past voting rights measures (HR 4, S 2747). The debate is intended to keep pressure on Senators Sinema and Manchin to change their views and support changes to the filibuster rule…

This Week in Congress Congress returns this week to Washington, D.C. for the first time in 2022.  The House considered bills expanding eligibility for veterans’ benefits.  Meanwhile, the Senate considered nomination votes, along with legislation that would impose new sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany. Return to the ASAToday page…

Build Back Better? Senate Democrats have paused work on the Build Back Better (BBB) Act, as they shift their attention to election overhaul legislation. Work on the BBB, more than likely would be considered when Congress focuses on the FY22 Appropriations Bills scheduled for a vote on February 18th.  Those bills include some BBB provisions.…

Healthcare CMS Vaccine Mandate Under Consideration by U.S. Supreme Court; Healthcare ETS Pay Requirement Has Expired This article is from SESCO Management Consultants, ASA’s resource for all of your Human Resource needs. You can learn more about this and all of the benefits available with your ASA membership by clicking here. As we have reported…

FY23 Budget President Biden is not expected to submit his FY23 budget until after his March 1st, state of the Union Address.  By law, Presidents are expected to submit a budget to Congress by the first Monday in February, but there is no penalty for missing the deadline.  In the past, many presidents from both…