ASAToday for January 16, 2025

Senate Passes the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) Last week, the Senate passed the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (S. 4367) by unanimous consent. The legislation authorizes new…

Status Update on the FY25 NDAA (Defense Act) The Senate delayed work on its version of the defense authorization bill until at least September. Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the…

FY25 Appropriations Bills “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” “You can’t always get what you want,” and in this case, you cannot even get what you need. It’s August and we…

Update: Jobs and Interest Rates The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent, per data released by the Labor Department. Economists expected the U.S. to…