Author: Jeff Davis
Explainer: What the “80-20 Highway-Transit Split” Really Is, and What it Isn’t
Jul 26, 2021 | Jeff DavisThere has been a lot of talk in the last week about the "80-20 highway-transit split," and not all of it was accurate. Herewith: a...
Down to the Wire: Senate Infrastructure Talks to Continue through the Weekend in Hopes of Monday Deal
Jul 23, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe group of 21 (or is it 22 now) bipartisan Senators who are working with the White House and Senate committees to translate a...
DOT, Corps Funding Included in $2T “Minibus” Package Headed for House Vote Next Week
Jul 23, 2021 | Jeff DavisA seven-bill "minibus" package of appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2022, which includes the Transportation-HUD and Energy and...
Debt Limit Complicates This Year’s Fiscal Endgame
Jul 23, 2021 | Jeff DavisAs if a 50-50 Senate, a five-seat majority in the House, a bipartisan infrastructure bill written outside the committee process, and a...
Earmark Patterns in the House’s INVEST Act
Jul 23, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration has completed its highway funding projections under the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684), as passed...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of July 26, 2021
Jul 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisMonday, July 26 – House Rules – full committee hearing on H.R. 4502, the "minibus" FY 2022 appropriations package that includes the...
Pre-1960s Attempts to Create a U.S. Department of Transportation – Part 6 – Ike’s Cabinet Committee Disobeys Orders
Jul 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisPart of an ongoing series documenting attempts to centralize the organization of federal responsibilities for transportation: Part...
Bipartisan Talks Continue As First Vote on Bringing Up Infrastructure Bill Fails
Jul 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisA motion to take up the House-passed surface transportation and water infrastructure bill failed in the Senate today on a party-line...
Bipartisan Infrastructure, Budget Plans May (Finally) Take Shape Next Week
Jul 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis week was supposed to be the week that the big decisions were made and the final details nailed down on the bipartisan...
House Spending Panel OKs $109B FY22 DOT Budget
Jul 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisEarlier this afternoon, the House Appropriations Committee, by a party-line vote of 33 to 24, approved a draft appropriations bill...
House Panel Approves $8.7 Billion in Corps Water Funding (With $2.1 Billion Taken Off-Budget)
Jul 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisEarlier today, the House Appropriations Committee approved a draft bill appropriating $8.7 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers'...
Biden Signs Sweeping Market Competition/Concentration Order
Jul 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisOn July 9, President Biden signed one of the widest-ranging executive orders of his Administration, EO 14036, "Promoting Competition in...