ASAToday for January 9, 2025
This Week in Congress
This Week in Congress The House held committee meetings with no floor votes and the Senate sworn in jurors in President Trump’s impeachment trial scheduled for the week of February 8th. President…
Read MoreASA Responds to Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety
ASA Responds to Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety ASA, along with the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC), wrote to OSHA regarding President Biden’s recently issued “Executive Order on Protecting…
Read MorePreserving the Senate Filibuster
Preserving the Senate Filibuster Sen. McConnell has backed off from a key demand that had held up a power-sharing agreement after he and Sen. Schumer agreed not to vote to do away…
Read MoreWhat Can Democrats do with 50 Senate Votes?
What Can Democrats do with 50 Senate Votes? Though a supermajority of 60 senators is generally needed to pass major legislation in the Senate, the chamber moves routine measures without a formal…
Read MoreThe Raise the Wage Act of 2021
The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 mirrors a bill that passed in the House in 2019 and it would phase in the hike from…
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