At the Council's holiday reception for members of Congress at the ACEC townhouse on Capitol Hill last night, (left to right) Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR); Ed Mortimer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; ACEC Senior Vice President of Advocacy and External Affairs Steve Hall; ACEC President/CEO Linda Bauer Darr; ACEC COO Laura O’Neill Kaumo; and T&I Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR).

The House Ways and Means Committee passed legislation to provide relief from the $10,000 cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) that was established in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

During the U.S. Commerce Department trade mission to Southeast Asia last month, ACEC Chair Mitch Simpler and former Chair Manish Kothari’s won a regulatory change to help U.S. engineering firms operating in Indonesia.

For the 15th consecutive year, ACEC Arkansas has surpassed its annual ACEC/PAC fundraising goal

Propelled by a fundraising raffle at their November Fall Conference, ACEC Illinois reached its annual ACEC/PAC goal last week. The MO has achieved that milestone every year since 2005