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Final Vote on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Set for 11 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 10
Aug 09, 2021 | Jeff DavisAfter yet another day of trying and failing to reach agreement on further amendments to the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Senate...
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...
House Democrats Will Regroup, Try Again Today on Budget, Infrastructure Bill
Aug 24, 2021 | Jeff DavisAfter a long day and night of waiting for a small group of moderate Democrats to bend in their demand that the House pass the...
DeFazio Reconciliation Mark Includes $10 Billion for More High-Speed Rail
Sep 10, 2021 | Jeff DavisIn anticipation of the release of House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Peter DeFazio's (D-OR) "chairman's mark" of the...
Ways and Means Democrats Announce Infrastructure, Clean Energy Tax Incentive Plans
Sep 13, 2021 | Jeff DavisLate Friday night (September 10), Democratic leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee released the text of a $129 billion...
Amendments to House T&I Budget Reconciliation Package
Sep 14, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe following amendments have been filed for the September 14 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup of its $57.3...
FY22 CR to Dec. 3 Includes Debt Ceiling, Does Not Extend Surface Transportation
Sep 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis morning, after several days of delay, House Democratic leaders released the text of their proposed stopgap continuing...
White House to Try and Settle Infrastructure Bill Vote Timing Today
Sep 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe tension between progressive House Democrats, who don’t want to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIB) before enactment of...
House to Start Debate on Infrastructure Bill at 4 pm Today
Sep 27, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives should start debate on agreeing to the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill (Senate Amendment to...
USDOT Reverses Position, Says FHWA Will Keep Reimbursing State DOTs During Shutdown
Sep 29, 2021 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation released its revised shutdown plan that will take effect October 1 if neither a...
Infrastructure Showdown in House Today, but Appropriations CR Set for Passage
Sep 30, 2021 | Jeff DavisToday is showdown day in the U.S. House of Representatives. The House will convene at noon, and as of right now (9:45 a.m.), the vote...
Infrastructure Vote Postponed; Shutdown of Highway Trust Fund Commences
Sep 30, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe first lapse in Highway Trust Fund spending authority since March 2010 will begin at midnight tonight, after House Democratic...