Issue / Public health
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...
Text of Bipartisan COVID Relief Bill Finally Introduced
Dec 14, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe bipartisan group of federal legislators who have been working on a compromise COVID-19 relief bill for weeks finally released the...
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...
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, 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...
Transit Agencies, Airports Spent Another $2.6 Billion of CARES Act Funding in August
Oct 09, 2020 | Jeff DavisU.S. mass transit providers and airport sponsors collectively spent another $2.6 billion of their $35 billion in special COVID-19 aid...
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...
Bipartisan Talks on COVID Aid Continue As House Adjourns
Oct 02, 2020 | Jeff DavisHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) continues to talk with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about a possible compromise coronavirus aid...
Transportation Funding in the New House COVID Bill
Oct 02, 2020 | Jeff DavisFollowing is a general overview of the $77 billion in transportation aid provided by the revised coronavirus aid bill passed by House...