Issue / FY22
Senate CR Vote Set for Monday, Debt Limit Likely to Be Split Off
Sep 24, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Senate has set a showdown vote for 5:30 p.m. on Monday, September 27 on a stopgap continuing resolution for fiscal 2022 that also...
Deadlines Start Catching Up with Congress Next Week
Sep 17, 2021 | Jeff DavisAfter a very slow month, Congress will have to making moves next week to pass some key fiscal policy legislation next week, staring...
T&I Leaders Unveil $57 Billion Budget Reconciliation Spending Plan
Sep 10, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Peter DeFazio (D-OR), has released the "chairman's mark"...
Breaking Down the $3.5 Trillion Budget Reconciliation Plan
Aug 27, 2021 | Jeff DavisNow that both chambers of Congress have agreed to the same version of S. Con. Res. 14, the budget resolution for fiscal 2022, the...
How Will the BIB Affect the FY22 DOT Appropriations Bill?
Aug 20, 2021 | Jeff DavisHow will the funding provided by the bipartisan infrastructure bill affect the regular, ongoing Department of Transportation...
What’s In the Senate-Passed Budget Resolution?
Aug 13, 2021 | Jeff DavisAfter a 13.5-hour "vote-a-rama,"during which 41 consecutive roll call votes were cast (meaning at least 82 calls of the roll by the...
Senate Takes Up Budget Plan to Force Multi-Trillion Spending Bill
Aug 10, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Senate has begun debate, and "vote-a-rama," on S. Con. Res. 14, the Congressional budget resolution for fiscal year 2022. The...
DOT, Corps Funding Included in $2T “Minibus” Package Headed for House Vote Next Week
Jul 23, 2021 | Jeff DavisA seven-bill "minibus" package of appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2022, which includes the Transportation-HUD and Energy and...
Earmark Patterns in the House’s INVEST Act
Jul 23, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration has completed its highway funding projections under the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684), as passed...
Bipartisan Infrastructure, Budget Plans May (Finally) Take Shape Next Week
Jul 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis week was supposed to be the week that the big decisions were made and the final details nailed down on the bipartisan...
House Spending Panel OKs $109B FY22 DOT Budget
Jul 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisEarlier this afternoon, the House Appropriations Committee, by a party-line vote of 33 to 24, approved a draft appropriations bill...
House Panel Approves $8.7 Billion in Corps Water Funding (With $2.1 Billion Taken Off-Budget)
Jul 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisEarlier today, the House Appropriations Committee approved a draft bill appropriating $8.7 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers'...