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94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies
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Both the U.S. House and Senate passed legislation, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, which would repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Congress has voted to repeal parts of the Act more than 50 times since the law’s passage in 2010. However, this the… Read More
February 4, 2016
Congress’s repeated failure to increase the federal gas tax has resulted in eighteen states enacting laws to increase or reform their taxes to provide additional funding for transportation infrastructure since 2013. The recently signed-into-law transportation bill, the FAST Act, does provide… Read More
February 4, 2016
The fiscal year (FY) 2016 omnibus appropriations bill, passed by Congress at the end of December, includes a provision allowing states to use federal-aid highway funding that was previously earmarked for specific projects to be used for other projects located nearby. Specifically, the provision… Read More
February 4, 2016
If you’ve watched any presidential election coverage lately, you’ve no doubt heard a lot about the upcoming Iowa caucuses. Unlike most voters who will participate in a primary election by casting a ballot early or at a polling location on election day, Democratic and Republican voters in Iowa… Read More
February 4, 2016
Save $75 on Registration Fee; Held May 10-11 in DC
Register before January 31 for the 2016 AGC Federal Contractors Conference (FEDCON) and save $75 off the registration fee. FEDCON—held May 10-11 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.—is the premier conference for federal construction… Read More
February 4, 2016
Passage Expected Before Christmas
On Wednesday, Congressional leaders released a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that will fund federal agencies and programs for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2016. Overall, the bill includes mostly good news for construction accounts, as many… Read More
February 4, 2016
On Thursday, the House passed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 by a 318 to 109 vote, with three republicans voting against the measure and 77 democrats in favor. The PATH Act renews all expired provisions in some form. The bill makes certain tax… Read More
February 4, 2016
On Wednesday, AGC provided commentary to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department officials during a public hearing on IRS’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [REG–136459–09] regarding the Section 199 domestic production activities deduction (DPAD). Specifically, the testimony given by… Read More
February 4, 2016
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), in response to a request from the top Republican on the Senate Environment Committee, concluded that several aspects of the social media and grassroots campaign undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) around the Waters of the U… Read More
February 4, 2016
The GOP presidential field took to a Las Vegas stage for their fifth and final debate of 2015 earlier this week. Here are the winners and losers:
Winners
Jeb Bush: With declining poll numbers, this debate was a make-or-break moment for the former Florida governor. Of the… Read More
February 4, 2016
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