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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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Senate Introduces Health Care Bill, Democrats Look For 60 Votes
On November 18, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) finally released a health care reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The bill is the result of merging and modifying two Senate committee drafts, as well as adding new taxes. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost… Read More
December 4, 2009
Senate Chairs Push Six Month Highway Extension
A bipartisan group of seven Senate Committee Chairs and Ranking Members sent a letter on Tuesday to Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urging leadership to file cloture to move forward on a 6-month extension of the surface transportation bill to spur job creation and an… Read More
December 4, 2009
TCC Calls For Reauthorization Now
The ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) continues efforts to urge Congress to work towards enactment of a multi-year transportation bill with significantly increased funding to address the nation's long term and immediate economic problems. The TCC last week released a… Read More
December 4, 2009
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Pushes for Increased Transportation Funding in Jobs Package
With construction unemployment at more than 18 percent, AGC has aggressively lobbied for increased infrastructure funding and policy provisions to stimulate demand for private- and public-sector construction. In today'sThe Hill newspaper, AGC's Jeff Shoaf, senior executive director for government… Read More
December 4, 2009
Estate Tax Extension in Flux
House Democratic Leadership and the Ways and Means Committee are discussing plans for advancing estate tax legislation this year.  At issue is whether to extend the current tax rate and exemption level for one-year or enact a permanent fix.  The current estate tax rate is 45 percent with an… Read More
December 4, 2009
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Approves Nominee for Assistant Secretary for OSHA Without Public Hearing
On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to move forward the nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).  Professor David Michaels of the George Washington University School of Public Health nomination now… Read More
December 4, 2009
Congress Begins Work on Water Resources Development Act for 2010
The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on November 18 to receive testimony from Members of Congress on issues and proposals for consideration of a Water Resources Development Act of 2010, which authorizes… Read More
December 4, 2009
AGC Meets with Government Accountability Office on Recovery Act Progress
AGC met with officials from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on November 18 to discuss AGC's position on the implementation of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).  The GAO was asked by Senate leaders to review whether any new federal requirements affected the selection or… Read More
December 4, 2009
The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts: The Ins and Outs of Federal Prevailing Wage Law
December 3, 2009 | December 8, 2009 | December 10, 2009, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET With the downturn in the availability of commercial work, many construction contractors are bidding on federal and federally-assisted work, and having to comply with the Davis Bacon and Related Acts for the first time.… Read More
December 4, 2009
Don't Miss the Last Stimulus At Work Federal Contracting Webinar
The last of three federal contracting webinars on Nov. 19 will provide a detailed overview of some of the most critical challenges both new and experienced federal contractors will need to know about to successfully navigate this new landscape and meet the demands of the economic stimulus package… Read More
December 4, 2009

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