Issue / FY21
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...
Senate Appropriators Unveil All 12 FY21 Spending Bills
Nov 10, 2020 | Jeff DavisSenate Appropriations Committee chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) today released the text of all 12 of that committee’s annual...
Senate THUD Bill Gives DOT $719 Million More than House Bill
Nov 10, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Appropriations Committee, at long last, has released the text of its fiscal 2021 Transportation-Housing appropriations bill....
Omnibus Appropriations, COVID Aid Top Lame-Duck Agenda
Nov 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisAs absentee and provisional ballots continue to be counted, it appears as of this writing (2:15 p.m. Nov. 6) that Joe Biden will expand...
COVID Stimulus Talks Reach Ignominious End (Finally)
Oct 30, 2020 | Jeff DavisFor the last several weeks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have continued to negotiate the...
Hopes for Pre-Election COVID Stimulus Dim (But Refuse to Die)
Oct 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisTalks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on an additional round of federal COVID stimulus...
More Airline Aid Now Won’t Move Without Resolution of Larger COVID Aid Bill
Oct 09, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis was an interesting week for the aviation news beat in Congress. The end result is that many U.S. airlines and contractors are...