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Construction Association Releases First-of-its-kind Decarbonization Playbook To Help Firms Assess, Track & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
April 22, 2024
  The Associated General Contractors of America released today a new, first-of-its-kind, decarbonization playbook designed to help firms assess, track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the projects they build. The new resource, titled The AGC Playbook on Decarbonization and Carbon… Read More

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AGC Meets with Gov. Rendell to Advocate for Infrastructure Investment
AGC CEO Steve Sandherr met with Governor Ed Rendell (D-Pa.) and members of the House and Senate to discuss the drafting of legislation to address the dire unemployment situation and the importance of a significant infrastructure component in any jobs bill. Sandherr promoted investing in all types… Read More
December 4, 2009
Congress Continues to Focus on a "Jobs" Bill
As the White House holds their jobs summit, House and Senate Democrats have begun the process of drafting legislation to address the dire unemployment situation facing the country.  The timing on when such a bill would pass is not clear.  The Senate will likely take up a "jobs" bill in January,… Read More
December 4, 2009
AGC Co-Chaired Coalition Pushes for Highway Bill to Create Jobs Now
The AGC co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) today launched a new ad campaign and issued a press release to coincide with the White House Jobs Summit, calling on Congress and the Obama Administration to create jobs now by passing a highway and transit bill. AGC also announced… Read More
December 4, 2009
"Phone-In" Planned to Get Attention of Congress on Transportation Reauthorization
In its ongoing effort to keep the pressure on Congress to enact a six-year transportation reauthorization bill with significantly increased funding levels, the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) has scheduled December 10 as "Phone-In to Congress" Day. While Congress is embroiled in other… Read More
December 4, 2009
House Passes Bill to Make Permanent 2009 Estate Tax
The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed 225 to 200 votes H.R. 4154, the Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Smalls Businesses Act of 2009, which would make permanent the 2009 estate tax rate of 45 percent and tax exemption levels of $3.5 million for singles and $7… Read More
December 4, 2009
PHMSA Rulemaking Could Mean Federal Enforcement in States
On October 29, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs. The purpose of the ANPRM is to begin soliciting comments in order… Read More
December 4, 2009
White House Council on Environmental Quality Releases Revised Principles and Guidelines
On December 3, 2009, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) submitted a proposal for review to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) that would significantly change the principles and guidelines that govern federal water-resource planning. The proposal would require that all… Read More
December 4, 2009
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 AGC 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

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