On November 15, 2010, Senator Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, sent a letter to the Secretary of Labor Hilda… Read More November 23, 2010
A long list of issues face Congress when they return to the nation’s capital next week, including a meeting between President Obama and the incoming GOP House Leadership. Several issues are certain to draw attention next week, including: expiring unemployment benefits (November 30); a report on Don… Read More November 23, 2010
Construction employment expanded in 29 states between September and October, while fewer people are working in construction compared to last year in 39 states, AGC reported in an analysis of state employment data released Tuesday by the Labor Department.
The new figures continue a nearly year-… Read More November 23, 2010
The Central New York Business Journal reported on AGC's analysis of rising materials prices and its effect on contractors.
In the article, AGC's Ken Simonson notes that the price of diesel fuel is up 7.2 percent since September.
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November 23, 2010
On November 15, 2010, Senator Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, sent a letter to the Secretary of Labor Hilda… Read More November 22, 2010
Chief Economist for Reed Construction Data, Jim Haughey, reports that more stimulus spending will eventually result in a 100 basic point cut in the real cost of capital. Haughey reports that this is likely to spur investment, which will include construction spending. According to the report, 2011… Read More November 22, 2010
Politico talked to AGC about what to expect from the 112th Congress in terms of infrastructure investment.
From the article:
The Associated General Contractors of America, for example, has been lobbying GOP freshmen on the highway and water bills since the elections.
Brian Turmail, a spokesman… Read More November 19, 2010
Meetings for party leadership elections and respective Democratic and Republican caucuses in the House and Senate dominated behind-the-scenes during the first week of the lame duck session. Many of the same faces will serve in the leadership in the next Congress, but some will be in different roles… Read More November 18, 2010
Senate and House Republicans took two different approaches this week on banning earmarks. While Senate Republicans passed a nonbinding resolution to not request earmarks, House Republicans approved a rule change that would ban the insertion of earmarks in legislation for the 112th Congress. Under… Read More November 18, 2010
Yesterday, the Senate failed to get cloture on a bill (S. 3772) that would have given greater government control over how employees are paid at even the smallest of companies.
AGC opposed the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act because it would greatly expand the Equal Pay Act by limiting the ability… Read More November 18, 2010
