ASAToday for March 13th, 2025

ASA Supports NAWIC’s WIC Week The National Association of Women in Construction is having its 25th annual “Women in Construction Week” March 5 – 11, overlapping ASA’s SUBExcel.  WIC Week celebrates and promotes…

Proposed FY24 Budget Cuts Senate Democrats said that the Republican budget-cutting plans would trigger “drastic” cuts to critical programs. Speaker McCarthy promised to write the FY24 appropriations bills at the FY22 level…

ASA Welcomes New Silver Sponsor, Hotel Engine ASA is proud to announce that Hotel Engine has become our latest Silver Sponsor!  We welcome them to the ASA family and encourage all members…

Ten Year Budget Forecast A CBO report providing a 10-year budget forecast, predicted the deficit will reach $1.4 trillion this year. The report also predicted the federal government will reach the debt…

SUBExcel 2023 Starts in 6 Days! In less than one week, ASA members and supporters will gather in Fort Worth, Texas to learn, network, and celebrate subcontractors of all types.  If you…

Debt Ceiling Update Treasury Secretary Yellen last month began deploying “extraordinary measures,” such as suspending investments in certain federal trust funds, to keep from exceeding the $31.4 trillion statutory borrowing cap. Yellen…

Supreme Court on Student Loan Forgiveness On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in cases challenging the Biden administration’s student loan relief program; one from a group of Republican-led states and…

Earmarks Update House Earmarks:  House Republican appropriators could potentially bar congressionally directed spending/earmarks from the FY24 Labor-HHS-Education and the Financial Services appropriation bills. House Republican appropriators are expected to release their earmark…