Republicans retained a reduc majori...

Republicans retained a reduc majority in the House and have a 55-45 majority in the Senate following last November's "status quo election." The 105th Congres thus begins its work with the relationship between Congres and the White House basically unchanged.

A number of matters of interest to the design and construction community are calculate uponed to carry over from the previous Congres They include OSHA reform, changes in the federal wage-hour law, litigation reform and modification of environmental policy.

OSHA overhaul

Congressional committees and the