Issue / Public health
Biden Signs $1.9T COVID/Stimulus Bill Into Law
Mar 12, 2021 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden signed into law yesterday the latest $1.9 trillion COVID relief and economic stimulus bill (H.R. 1319), now called the...
Reconciliation Bill On Hold Pending Unemployment Insurance Agreement
Mar 05, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe only thing more tedious than a Senate vote-a-rama is, apparently, a suspended vote-a-rama. The period of post-debate amendment...
House to Vote on $1.9 Trillion COVID Stimulus Tonight
Feb 26, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is expected to vote late tonight on the $1.9 trillion COVID aid and stimulus bill (H.R. 1319) being moved...
House to Consider Budget Reconciliation Bill Next Week
Feb 19, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a budget reconciliation bill next week that provides up to $1.9 trillion in...
House Committees Approve Budget Reconciliation Bill with $57.5 Billion in Transportation Funding
Feb 12, 2021 | Jeff DavisHouse committees have completed action on most of the $1.9 trillion in COVID relief spending requested by President Biden this week,...
How the House Reconciliation Bill’s $30 Billion for Transit Will Be Distributed
Feb 12, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe budget reconciliation legislation approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week provides an...
First T&I Hearing of 2021 Looks at COVID and Transportation Workers
Feb 05, 2021 | Hayley BurtonAmong the various ways the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the nation is the health and safety of transportation workers and passengers,...
Democratic Leaders Intend $57.5 Billion for Transportation in New COVID-Stimulus Bill
Feb 03, 2021 | Jeff DavisPlans by Congressional Democratic leaders for new legislation providing $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 aid and economic stimulus call for...
CDC Issues Mandate for Mask Use in Travel
Feb 01, 2021 | Jeff DavisLate on the night of January 29, the Centers for Disease Control issued a nationwide mandate requiring passengers and crew on all U.S....
Democratic Leaders Introduce “Skinny” Budget Blueprint for COVID Relief and Stimulus
Feb 01, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) jointly announced that they had...
Biden Signs Transportation Mask Mandate, but USDOT Must Actually Implement It
Jan 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisYesterday, President Biden signed a new executive order directing federal agencies to "require masks to be worn in compliance with CDC...
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...