Issue / FY21
Biden Proposes Another $20 Billion in Mass Transit Aid As Part of His COVID Relief Package
Jan 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisLast night, President-elect Joe Biden gave a speech in which he outlined his economic policies for the first months of his...
Transit Aid from COVID Bill Would Focus on 138 Urban Areas With Most Needs
Dec 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe $14 billion for mass transit in the new coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress on December 21 would be reserved for the transit...
Congress Wraps Up Fiscal Issues for the Year
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisIn a span of about nine hours yesterday, both chambers of Congress debated and passed, almost sight unseen, a 5,593-page bill providing...
Last COVID Bill of 2020 Gives An Additional $45 Billion to Transportation
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe final major legislation to be passed by Congress in 2020 contained another $0.9 trillion in COVID-related fiscal relief spread...
TSA, Coast Guard Get Increases in Final FY21 Appropriations Package
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisDivision F of the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2021 provides year-long funding for the Department of Homeland Security,...
Text of Bipartisan COVID Relief Bill Finally Introduced
Dec 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe bipartisan group of federal legislators who have been working on a compromise COVID-19 relief bill for weeks finally released the...
One More Week to Go on Omnibus, COVID Negotiations
Dec 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisA possible government shutdown starting tonight was averted this afternoon when the Senate agreed to a one-week continuing resolution...
House Passes WRDA Compromise, but Bill Looks Dead in Senate
Dec 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed a compromise biennial authorization bill for the Army Corps of Engineers water resources program...
WRDA Bill (Now With Stimulus!), One-Week CR On House Floor This Week
Dec 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisCongress is expected to pass a one-week extension of federal appropriations this week, from the current expiration date of Friday,...
Bipartisan Offer May Be the Needed Breakthrough on COVID Relief Talks
Dec 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisAfter the collapse of the daily COVID relief talks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin a...
Omnibus Appropriations Talks Commence; COVID Talks Go Nowhere
Nov 13, 2020 | Jeff DavisNegotiations between the House and Senate on an omnibus package of fiscal 2021 appropriations bills opened in earnest this week, when...
Summary Table – FY 2021 USDOT Appropriations (Senate Version)
Nov 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF is a 4-page table showing funding levels for every U.S. Department of Transportation budget account under the Senate version...