Author: Jeff Davis
Senate GOP Prepares Infrastructure Counter-Proposal as Democrats Mull Strategy
Apr 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden and Transportation Secretary Buttigieg continued outreach to the public and Capitol Hill this week on the...
Buttigieg Defends His First Budget Before House Appropriations
Apr 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisU.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg went before the House Appropriations Committee this week to defend part of the Biden...
Senate Hearing Kicks Tires on Federal Mileage Fee
Apr 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisA Senate hearing on April 14 wound up focusing on what needs to happen next in order to begin the transition from a system that...
DOT Revises Rules for Renamed RAISE Multimodal Grants
Apr 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe multimodal surface transportation grant program first established in early 2009 and named TIGER by the Obama Administration, and...
Senate Confirms Trottenberg; White House Officially Nominates 4 More to Senior DOT Posts
Apr 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisPolly Trottenberg is finally an official employee of the U.S. Department of Transportation. She was sworn in as Deputy Secretary on...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of April 19, 2021
Apr 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisTuesday, April 20 – Senate Appropriations – full committee subcommittee hearing on the American Jobs Plan (witness list here) –...
Port Spending Increase Under Biden Jobs Plan May Be Illusory
Apr 12, 2021 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden's American Jobs Plan promises massive spending increases for all manner of public infrastructure. The White House says...
Senate Procedural Ground Cleared for More Reconciliation Bills, but Politics May Not Be There Yet
Apr 09, 2021 | Jeff DavisEarlier this week, the nonpartisan Senate Parliamentarian told Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) that a loophole in the...
First Biden Budget Prioritizes Education, Health, Environment, Research
Apr 09, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe White House released President Biden's discretionary spending summary today as the initial part of his fiscal 2022 budget request...
FY22 Discretionary Funding Request Would Boost Amtrak, New Starts
Apr 09, 2021 | Jeff DavisToday, the White House sent Congress the first parts of its fiscal 2022 budget request – the overall parameters (rounded to the...
Details of Transportation Programs in Biden Investment Plan Released
Apr 09, 2021 | Jeff DavisLast week's rollout of President Biden's "American Jobs Plan" was limited to one White House fact sheet and a background briefing,...
FTA Advances Three Small Start BRT Projects
Apr 09, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Transit Administration announced this week that it had allocated $184 million in new funding for three new "small start"...