• School’s Out for the Summer

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    Just about every school in the country has let out for the summer (except maybe those still dealing with make up days from all the snow in the Northeast) and that means summer vacation travel. A lot of families come to Washington, DC, to see the historic sights and learn about how government works. If [...]

  • Sign Up to Support Repeal of the Pending 3% Withholding Tax on Government Contracts

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    ACCA has been working with the Government Withholding Relief Coalition to repeal the 3% withholding requirement that mandates that federal, state, and local governments withhold 3% from payments for most goods and services. Although the final regulations released in May extended the effective date until January 1, 2013, the need for repeal is just as [...]

  • House Plans Summer Votes On Bills to Reign In Government

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    House Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) recently sent a memo to all House Republicans outlining the agenda for the House over the next two months. As the Majority Whip, Cantor has the final say on bills coming to the floor for a vote. Based on the memo, look for the House of Representatives to focus [...]

  • Proposed New Rules Favor Union Organization

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    In the last few days, the Obama Administration and its appointees at the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board released two proposed rules that would change the regulations governing union organizing activities. ACCA will be filing comments on both proposed rules during the comment periods that close on August 22, 2011, and [...]

  • What Are the Chances of real Tax Reform and Lower Corporate Rates?

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    When Republicans took control of the House this year, one of their primary goals was a complete (and long overdue) overhaul of the federal tax code. Since all tax bills must originate in the House Committee on Ways and Means, Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) became the Republican point man on tax reform. Earlier this year [...]

  • Treasury IG Report Finds IRS Unable to Verify 25C Claims

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    A recent United States Department of Treasury Inspector General’s (IG) report found major problems with the IRS’s ability to confirm the eligibility of a taxpayer’s claim under the 25C and 25D tax credits in 2009. The 25C tax credit allows an eligible taxpayer (homeowner) to claim 30 percent of the installed costs (up to $1,500) for [...]

  • Special Election In New York Today

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    Residents of the 26th congressional district in New York go to the polls today in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Christopher Lee. The 26th district is located in western New York and includes the eastern suburbs of Buffalo and the western suburbs of Rochester. The district leans Republican, electing Lee [...]

  • Poll Shows Shift In Voter Preference for Congress

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    The 2012 elections are a long way off but a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll has some surprising results for House and Senate Republicans. According to the results, if the election were held today, more Americans would vote for the Democrat in their district over the Republican by a margin of 50%-45%. Amongst registered voters [...]

  • DOE Releases Text of New Rule Setting Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces, Central Air Conditioners, and Heat Pumps

    Updated: 2011-06-30 19:41:48
    Today the DOE pre-published the Direct Final Rule and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with the new energy conservation standards for residential furnaces and central air conditioners and heat pumps. As we expected the new rules implement regional standards for furnaces and central air conditioners. The rule creates two standards for heating appliances, one National [...]

  • Frisco Air Conditioning Service offers unique residential thermal imaging service

    Updated: 2011-06-23 11:00:59
    Frisco Air Conditioning Service Total Air & Heat offers unique residential thermal imaging service. We recently began offering a new service that offers thermal imaging of your home. What are the advantages of thermal imaging? We often like to ask people to think of a thermal image as an MRI.  Thermal imaging allows us to [...]

  • Richardson AC Installers stresses importance of indoor air quality

    Updated: 2011-06-21 11:30:56
    Richardson AC Installers Total Air & Heat stresses importance of indoor air quality. With the recent trend of designing homes to be air tight, indoor air quality is becoming more of a concern than ever before.  You see, while trapping cool air inside obviously has its benefits, this method of temperature control means you must [...]

  • Emperor penguin in New Zealand – confused by “climate change”

    Updated: 2011-06-21 08:29:44
    Seen on a beach near Wellington – the Kapiti coast. Residents of south east Australia would not be surprised to see an Emperor Penguin lately.

  • Richardson AC and Heating Service wants to help you cool down this summer

    Updated: 2011-06-13 23:05:09
    Richardson AC and Heating Service Total Air & Heat wants to help you cool down this summer with AC repair and installation. I always dream of summer during the cold winter months, but when the season finally arrives I begin thinking back to the good old days of winter.  The summer heat is just too [...]

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