Issue / Emissions
One-Month CR With Highway Rescission Fix Goes to President’s Desk
Nov 21, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate has passed a one-month stopgap appropriations measure which also contains a repeal of the $7.6 billion cut in highway...
2nd FY20 CR Introduced in House Repeals $7.6B Highway Rescission
Nov 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisEarlier this afternoon, House Democratic leaders released the text of a second fiscal year 2020 stopgap appropriations measure, this...
Critics fear Trump will tap auto exec for NHTSA
Nov 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis offers historical perspective on the timeline of President Trump's NHTSA choice.
House Amtrak Hearing Criticizes Cost-Cutting Measures and New Arbitration Clause
Nov 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe House Railroads Subcommittee examined present and future Amtrak policy in a wide-ranging hearing on November 13 featuring the...
Talks Continue to Avert Nov. 21 Government Shutdown
Nov 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisTalks to avert a government shutdown next week made progress yesterday when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stepped in yesterday to...
Eno to Curate and Maintain STPP’s Archives
Nov 15, 2019 | Robert PuentesIn the fall of 1990, a group of organizations got together to make the case that a comprehensive transportation policy serving...
Senate Committee Approves RRIF and NASA Bills, 3 Nominations
Nov 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a drama-free markup on November 13 and approved 20 bills by voice vote,...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of November 18, 2019
Nov 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisTuesday, November 19 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment – subcommittee...
In the Trump Era, Transportation Funding Is Simple: Build Roads
Nov 14, 2019 | Jeff DavisEno Center's Jeff Davis weighs in on how the modal section of Build grants favor roads. The past three years of discretionary grants...
States Face Potential Loss of Transportation Funding
Nov 14, 2019 | Jeff DavisU.S. News & World Report cites Jeff Davis on why the fundamental structure of transportation contract authority programs needs to...
CBO Releases Budget Score of Senate Highway Bill
Nov 14, 2019 | Jeff DavisOn the evening of November 12, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its official cost estimate of the bill S. 2302, the...
USDOT Announces $883M in FY19 BUILD Grant Recipients
Nov 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisToday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that 55 projects in 35 states will be receiving grants under the fiscal year...