ASAToday for July 17th, 2025

ASA Honors the Life of Jesse Pickett Jr. It is with sadness that we share that Jesse Malcolm Pickett Jr, ASA President from 1986-1987, passed away on February 13th, 2022 at his home in Dallas, TX.  He lived to the beautiful age of 96 years, and his family shares that he passed peacefully and without…

This Week in Congress This week, the Senate held nomination votes and the House voted on legislation banning mandatory arbitration agreements and banning discrimination based on hair style or texture.  Mandatory arbitration agreements are common in both employment and consumer agreements, and the FAIR Act (H.R. 963) would ban their enforcement and would nullify all…

ASA Supports the Employee Tax Credit Reinstatement Act ASA supports the Employee Retention Tax Credit Reinstatement Act (ERTC), which would reinstate the ETRC through the end of 2021, as it was originally written, to help struggling small businesses that were counting on the ERTC to help pay their employees through the end of the year. …

ASA Supports Small Business Innovation and Technology Grant Funding ASA urged congressional leadership to pass an extension of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs on an upcoming legislative vehicle that will be enacted soon.  The SBIR/STTR programs are currently set to expire on September 30, 2022. While we…