Issue / Federal Governance
Full House T&I Membership List for New Congress Named
Jan 29, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has had its membership for the new 117th Congress formally elected, and Democrats...
White House Issues Regulatory Freeze, Orders Analysis and Rollback of Trump Regulations
Jan 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisOn his first day in office, President Biden and his staff signed a series of orders intended to freeze, and where possible, roll back...
Chao Resigns From DOT in Protest
Jan 08, 2021 | Jeff DavisTransportation Secretary Elaine Chao was the first Cabinet-level Trump official to resign in protest of President Trump's role in...
Party Control of Senate to Switch on Jan. 20
Jan 08, 2021 | Jeff DavisDemocrats will soon have control of the U.S. Senate by the slimmest possible margin, to go along with a razor-thin margin of control in...
Senate Confirms New DOT Inspector General, but Other Nominees Still Waiting
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee to be Inspector General of the Department of Transportation by a...
10 Transportation Priorities for the Biden Administration
Dec 22, 2020 | Paul LewisThis week’s announcement of Mayor Pete Buttigieg ends rampant speculation about who might fill that top spot. Buttigieg will bring...
House Dems Name 7 New Members to T&I Committee
Dec 19, 2020 | Jeff DavisQuick question – how many Democratic Congressmen from the Boston area does it take to sit on the Transportation and Infrastructure...
Biden Names Buttigieg to Be U.S. Transportation Secretary
Dec 19, 2020 | Jeff DavisPresident-elect Joe Biden on December 16 formally announced that former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg will be his nominee to...
New Chairmen, Ranking Members of House Committees Selected
Dec 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis week, House party caucuses selected almost all of the new committee chairmen and ranking minority members for the upcoming 117th...
Biden Announces Economic Team, but No SecDOT (Yet)
Dec 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisPresident-elect Joe Biden announced the key members of his proposed economic team this week, but still has not announced his choice to...
US House Update: 8 Seat Dem Loss Could Rise to 10
Nov 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is your Friday morning November 20 update, and California and New York are still counting ballots, 17 days after Election...
Returning Committee Members for the 117th Congress
Nov 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisThere will be remarkably little turnover on key transportation committees in the next Congress. While there were a number of...