Archive for October 2024

Election 2024 Approximately 31 million Americans have already voted in the 2024 election; however, the chances of the election being called on November 5th are very unlikely. It is expected that election results will not be known until sometime in the subsequent week. Return to the ASAToday page to read more articles.

Electoral College 101 The process of choosing America’s president has remained virtually unchanged since its inception at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. At the end of the Convention the Founding Fathers could not come to a consensus on whether the president should be chosen by the legislature or by popular election. They finally…

SLDF Fundraiser, October 26, 2024 – Dorsey Carson (MS), Trey Copeland (GA), Andy Cook (DC), Adam & Faith Harrison (MD), Scott & Marla Holbrook (CA) and ASA Staff Mike & Shannon Oscar. ASA Attorneys’ Council 2024 Fall Meeting Update: Braselton, Georgia The ASA Attorneys’ Council just wrapped up another successful set of discussions at our…

AWCI Releases Wall and Ceiling Industry Trends Report PRESS RELEASE Contact: Amelia Miedema, CAE 703-538-1604, miedema@awci.org October 25, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Falls Church, VA—With funding and support from the Foundation of the Wall and Ceiling Industry, the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry (AWCI) partnered with FMI to conduct a comprehensive survey and…

Organizing for the 119th Congress January 3, 2025: The U.S. Constitution mandates that Congress convene at noon on January 3rd in each odd numbered year, unless it has passed a law allowing for Congress to convene on a different day or time (20th Amendment, Section 2). January 6, 2025: A joint session of Congress is…

Click Here to Register for this Webinar! 2024 Post Election Analysis with Mike Oscar Join us on November 18th, 2024 at 2pm Eastern for the upcoming webinar, “2024 Post Election Analysis”.  This presentation will be brought by Mike Oscar, ASA Government Relations Director.  During this webinar, Mr. Oscar will be covering the election results from…

The 2024 Presidential Election and Congressional Races The 2024 Presidential Election remains extremely close with the margins measuring in tenths of percentage points with Vice President Harris and former President Trump separated by less than a single point in six of the seven swing states.  Arizona, where former President Trump has a 1.4 point edge,…

ASA Supports: FAR Case 2023-003 – Prohibition on the Use of Reverse Auctions for Complex, Specialized, or Substantial Design and Construction Services On September 13, 2024, we highlighted that the Department of Defense (DOD), the General Services Administration (GSA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced their proposal to amend the Federal Acquisition…

ASA Supports the Permanent Repeal of the Estate Tax! ASA, along with the Family Business Estate Tax Coalition (FBETC), submitted comments regarding the estate tax as part of the Ways and Means Committee’s Tax Teams information gathering process. ASA has supported the full and permanent repeal of the estate tax. Absent full and permanent repeal,…

Empowering Subcontractors: ASA’s Advocacy 101 Podcast Series ASA is pleased to offer the latest episodes of its podcast, this time focusing on its advocacy mission with Director of Government Relations, Mike Oscar. This nine-part series offers an in-depth exploration of advocacy’s crucial role for Subcontractors at both federal and local levels. Why Advocacy Matters In…