Issue / Infrastructure Bank
21 Senators Sign On To $579B Infrastructure Plan
Jun 18, 2021 | Jeff DavisA large bipartisan group of Senators on June 16 announced an agreement on a two-page framework to spend $579 billion above current...
Federal Borrowing for Infrastructure Funding – How Could It Be Done?
Jan 08, 2021 | Jeff Davis“With real interest rates at zero or below, shouldn’t the federal government just borrow the money to pay for something worthwhile,...
Ways and Means Looks at Difficult Issue of Paying for Infrastructure
Jan 31, 2020 | Jeff DavisHours after House Democrats joyously announced the outline of their $760 billion infrastructure initiative, the House Ways and Means...
Pelosi Promises Rollout of Infrastructure Initiative Week of Jan. 27
Jan 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in her weekly press conference yesterday that House Democrats would roll out their long-awaited...
USDOT Announces Rural Transportation Initiative
Oct 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Department of Transportation on October 8 announced a new initiative for promoting and coordinating rural transportation...
New Report Examines True Federal Cost of State/Local Infrastructure Financing
Oct 26, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 26, 2018 When most people think of federal financial support for state and local infrastructure spending, they think of the...
Examples of National Infrastructure Bank Proposals
Aug 10, 2016 | Jeff DavisDodd-Hagel 2007 – The I-Bank issues $60 billion in bonds with severable, tradable interest coupons. The I-Bank uses the proceeds of...
Tabular Summary of Infrastructure Bank Proposals
Aug 10, 2016 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThis is a supplement to an article in the August 10, 2016 Eno Transportation Weekly (Week of August 8, 2016) providing a one-page table...
A Look at Infrastructure Banks (Part 2)
Aug 10, 2016 | Jeff DavisAugust 10, 2016 Last week’s article gave a history of the concept of the “infrastructure bank” concept in the United States....
A History of Infrastructure Bank Proposals
Aug 03, 2016 | Jeff DavisAugust 3, 2016 Investing in national transportation infrastructure became a significant talking point for both Hillary Clinton and...
1997 NEXTEA (Administration Bill) Legislative Text Part 1
Sep 26, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONText of part 1 of the Clinton Administration's proposed NEXTEA surface transportation reauthorization bill.
2009 Oberstar Surface Reauthorization Bill – Section-by-Section Summary
Sep 19, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONSection-by-section analysis of chairman Oberstar's June 22, 2009 draft surface transportation reauthorization bill.