Issue / Ports
FY20 Budget Again Calls to Cut Water Infrastructure Funding by One-Third
Mar 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 14, 2019 The few documents made available this week describing President Trump's budget request for fiscal year 2020 (tens of...
Senate Commerce Examines Infrastructure Needs
Feb 15, 2019 | Hayley BurtonFebruary 14, 2019 Yesterday, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, convened...
House T&I Kicks Off 2019 With Infrastructure Hearing
Feb 08, 2019 | Brianne Eby and Jeff DavisThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the 116thCongress formally kicked off its work yesterday with a marathon...
Transportation and Infrastructure in the State of the Union Address, 1999-2018
Feb 04, 2019 | Jeff DavisFebruary 4, 2019 As we all await President Trump's State of the Union address tomorrow, it is worth looking back at the times that...
Senate Omnibus Takes Some Harbor Maintenance Spending Off-Budget
Jan 22, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 22, 2019 Buried towards the back of the 1,301 page omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2019 that was released last night...
Subcommittees Named in House, Senate
Jan 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 18, 2019 Several Congressional committees organized themselves this week and populated their subcommittees. (For coverage of...
House to Move Last Year’s Bipartisan Appropriations Agreements Next Week
Jan 17, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 17, 2019 House Democrats, in yet another attempt to force members to vote on a different way to end the ongoing federal...
DOT Announces $1.5 Billion in BUILD Surface Transportation Grants
Dec 11, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 11, 2018 Today, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the full list of recipients of $1.475 billion in fiscal...
Senate Hearing Outlines Infrastructure Needs in U.S. Arctic
Dec 06, 2018 | Alexander LaskaDecember 6, 2018 As Arctic waters become more easily traversable for shippers and tourists alike, the U.S. does not yet have the...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of November 26, 2018
Nov 27, 2018 | Jeff DavisTuesday, November 27 – Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform – full joint select committee business...
U.S. Senate Passes Coast Guard Reauthorization
Nov 16, 2018 | Alexander LaskaNovember 15, 2018 This week, the U.S. Senate passed the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, which authorizes...
Most Major Transportation Ballot Measures Pass; More Analysis to Come
Nov 07, 2018 | Alexander LaskaNovember 7, 2018 - 7:30 a.m. Voters considered over 300 transportation-related ballot measures this Election Day. While Eno will...