Issue / Federal Governance
1993 Robert Rubin Memo to President Clinton on Energy Taxes
May 01, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMay 1, 2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week is a memo sent to President Clinton on February 5, 1993 by his chief economic...
House’s FY 2016 USDOT Appropriations Bill Cuts Discretionary Spending, Freezes Major HTF Accounts; Bans Some Cuba Travel
Apr 28, 2015 | Jeff DavisApril 28, 2015 The House Appropriations Committee released the full text of the proposed Transportation-Housing appropriations bill...
Talking Transportation Dollars and Sense: The Future of Funding
Apr 19, 2015 | Carter TempletonNossaman transportation policy expert Edward Kussy and rail veteran Kevin Sheys assess the relative merits of the federal...
We Must Have Stable, Predictable Funding for the National Airspace System
Apr 19, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThe current funding uncertainty for our nation’s air traffic control system is unacceptable. As a result, NATCA is advocating for...
1982 White House Federalism Initiative – Jan. 25 Draft
Apr 16, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONApril 16, 2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week is the internal White House summary of President Reagan’s “New Federalism...
Infrastructure 2: Congress and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Roads
Apr 14, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONHow many politicians does it take to make people pay attention to our infrastructure problem? None, apparently. All it takes is John...
Volatile Revenues For Transportation Trust Funds: A Cautionary Tale
Apr 10, 2015 | Jeff Davis(Ed. Note: ETW was researching efforts to provide a permanent, dedicated funding stream for federal mass transit programs in the 96th...
White House Transmits New GROW AMERICA Bill to Congress
Mar 30, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 30, 2015 Today, the Obama Administration transmitted the 2015 version of its GROW AMERICA surface transportation reauthorization...
1977 President Carter Handwritten Note to Sec. Adams Opposing New Subway Systems
Mar 24, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMarch 24, 2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week first came to light this week in 1977, when President Carter sent a...
1962 Sorensen Memo to JFK on Draft Transportation Message to Congress
Mar 16, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMarch 16, 2016 Today’s ETW Document of the week is a memo to President Kennedy from his senior advisor Ted Sorensen written 53 years...
1972 Highway Bill “No Bill” Strategy Memo
Mar 12, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMarch 12, 2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week again revisits the Nixon Administration. In October 1972, House and Senate...
Congressional Estimators Say Repatriation Won’t Pay for GROW AMERICA
Mar 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 9, 2015 The tax estimating body used by Congress has determined that the President’s proposed funding offset for the GROW...