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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure to Invest in Construction Education & Training Programs Makes it Hard for Firms to Build
August 26, 2024
  AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey 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 The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Calls for User Fee Increase as House Ways and Means Committee Convenes Hearing on Highway Trust Fund
  ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ CEO Stephen Sandherr joined with Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer and other association leaders during a June 17 media event to call on Congress to raise the highway user fee to pay for a new long-term surface transportation bill.  During the media event, Sandherr… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Financial Issues Committee Summer Meeting Recap
This week, over 40 member company CFOs and other senior accounting professionals attended the AGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. Committee members were brought up to speed on FASB initiatives and tax matters, as well as provided an economic… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Requests Clarification from IRS on Multiemployer Health Plans
On June 9, AGC submitted a letter to the Internal Revenue Service asking for clarification on the reporting process for employers that contribute to multiemployer health plans and the requirements to provide detailed information on the health care coverage employers’ offer. Employers… Read More
July 24, 2015
Ways and Means Chairman Ryan Schedules Highway Trust Fund Hearing
AGC to Provide Suggestions for Increasing Transportation Revenue    House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) announced that the committee will hold a hearing on long-term financing of the Highway Trust Fund. The hearing will take place Wednesday, June 17 and, according… Read More
July 24, 2015
House Approves Transportation Funding Bill
This week, by a vote of 216-210, the House approved the FY 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill. The bill includes funding for the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other related agencies. The legislation… Read More
July 24, 2015
Hardhats for Highways: Seven Weeks until Current Extension Expires
Use the Fourth of July Recess to Meet with Your Congressmen In-Person    With just seven weeks until the most-recent extension for highway & transit programs expires – on July 31 – the Fourth of July Congressional recess is the perfect opportunity for you to schedule an in-person… Read More
July 24, 2015
Hardhats for Highways: Seven Weeks until Current Extension Expires
Use the Fourth of July Recess to Meet with Your Congressmen In-Person    With just seven weeks until the most-recent extension for highway & transit programs expires – on July 31 – the Fourth of July Congressional recess is the perfect opportunity for you to schedule an in-person… Read More
July 24, 2015
Senate Considers Prohibiting Construction Reverse Auctions
Urge Your Senators to Oppose the Use of Reverse Auctions    Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) this week introduced the AGC-backed Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act, and included the legislation as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization… Read More
July 24, 2015
Fourteen Candidates Running for President…and Counting
Four individuals officially declared their intention to seek the presidency this week bringing the total number of announced candidates to 14 – four Democrats and ten Republicans. Over the weekend in Baltimore, Md., the state’s former governor, Martin O’Malley (D), officially kicked off his… Read More
July 24, 2015
Tax Committee Action: House and Senate
The Senate Finance Working Groups were granted an informal extension through June to submit their recommendations on ways to reform the tax code to the committee’s leadership. On the House side, committee members are working to wrangle together enough offsets to fund a long-term… Read More
July 24, 2015

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