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Congress is already signaling that the first half of 2016 will be another active period on important issues for SMACNA. 2016 is an election year and that means fewer days in session for the Congress than in any recent year.
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In a year-end survey of SMACNA chapters, 47 percent predicted man-hours to increase, 16 percent said stable, and 37 percent anticipated they will decrease.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently unveiled new efficiency standards for commercial air conditioners and furnaces. The new standards will save more energy than any other standard issued by the department to date, according to DOE.
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The fiscal year 2016 funding bill signed by President Obama at year-end adheres to all the terms set by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, enacted on Nov. 2, 2015. The legislation provides a total of $1.149 trillion to funding the operations of the federal government.
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The budget and tax package passed by Congress on Dec. 18, 2015 includes a two-year delay of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) excise tax on high-value health plans (aka, “the Cadillac Tax”). The President is expected to sign the bill into law.
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Everyone has heard about it—the upcoming exodus of the baby boomers, and the woeful shortage of talent to fill in behind them. It’s a drumbeat that is deafening, so much so that it’s a wonder any of us will survive it!
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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) met with trustees and plan consultants of the Northwest Sheet Metal Workers Health Care Trust Fund at their recent trustee meeting. They discussed pension reform legislation and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on signatory contractors.
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On the final day before leaving on a long holiday vacation last year, the Congress passed and sent to the President a massive and long-awaited collection of tax incentives and spending initiatives.
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SMACNA’s Council of Chapter Representatives recently discussed how the latest energy benchmarking trends can translate into more projects for contractors and how SMACNA’s new Change Orders Spreadsheet can streamline their work at their meeting in Monterey, Calif. in December.
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SMACNA member Mike Tardif of Tardif Sheet Metal, Santa Ana, Calif., and SMAC PAC support candidate Lou Correa in his run for California's open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, 46th District (Orange County, Calif.).
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Members of SMACNA Mid-Atlantic and the Mechanical Contractors of Maryland met U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-7th-Md.) in December in Baltimore.
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