ASAToday for November 21st, 2024

Editorial Cartoon: https://www.cleveland.com/ This Week in Congress Congress was in session this week with the Senate tackling nomination votes while the House voted on legislation that would allow immigrants convicted of assaulting…

Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue President Biden and congressional leaders met this week for a second time to discuss raising the debt ceiling.  President Biden is scheduled to be at the G-7 summit…

ASA Celebrates 2023 Infrastructure Week! As we celebrate Infrastructure Week in 2023, we find ourselves in a place of unprecedented opportunity. Cities, towns, and villages across America have access to a historic…

Sen. Daines Reintroduces the Main Street Certainty Act Sen. Daines (R-MT) reintroduces the Main Street Certainty Act, which we supported in the last Congress, and it would make permanent the 20-percent deduction…

This Week in Congress This week, the House voted on border security and immigration legislation as the pandemic-era Title 42 policy that has allowed officials to expel migrants at the border is…

Debt Ceiling White House Meeting After the hour-long White House meeting on Tuesday, no progress was made in coming to an agreement on the debt ceiling, but President Biden and House and…

Unspent COVID-19 Funds President Biden said rescinding unspent COVID-19 relief funds is “on the table” when it comes to an area where he and lawmakers can agree to make some spending cuts,…

International Vaccine Requirements President Biden has revoked requirements that most international visitors to the U.S. be vaccinated against COVID-19 as well as similar rules for federal employees and contractors.  President Biden’s orders…

Immigration Update The controversial Title 42 policy, which has allowed border agents to turn back migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without considering their asylum claims expires with the COVID-19 public health…