Author: Jeff Davis
DeFazio Holds One Last T&I Hearing
Sep 30, 2022 | Jeff DavisOutgoing House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), who is retiring from Congress at the end of this year,...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of October 3, 2022
Sep 30, 2022 | Jeff DavisCongress has nothing but pro forma sessions scheduled between now and November, except that the Senate will be in regular session on...
Counterintuitive: What If Access to Dedicated Revenues Actually Holds You Back?
Sep 30, 2022 | Jeff Davis50 years ago this month, the biennial highway reauthorization bill was on its way to defeat for the first time. The cause was the...
Congress Clears CR to Dec. 16 After Removing Manchin Permitting Reforms
Sep 30, 2022 | Jeff DavisCongress has cleared an eleven-week continuing resolution (CR) providing stopgap appropriations for the fiscal year that starts at...
Manchin Permitting Reforms Revealed; Senate Test Vote on Tuesday
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisSen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has finally released the text of his environmental permitting reform bill, which Congressional leaders have...
GAO Finds That – Surprise! – Senior Appropriators Get More Earmarks
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisIn the fiscal 2022 appropriations cycle, Congress resurrected the practice of earmarking individual projects for themselves in the...
Federal Judge Finds Rhode Island’s Truck Tolls on Interstate Bridges Unconstitutional
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisA federal judge this week ruled that Rhode Island's system of bridge tolls on heavy trucks is an unconstitutional restriction on...
Senate Confirms Hutcheson to Head FMCSA
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate yesterday afternoon confirmed the nomination of Robin Hutcheson to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of September 26, 2022
Sep 22, 2022 | Jeff DavisWednesday, September 28 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation – Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation...
Still No Clarity on Stopgap Continuing Appropriations
Sep 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisToday is September 16, which means that fiscal year 2022 expires two weeks from today. Usually, by this point in time, we have some...
Railroad Strike Averted (For Now)
Sep 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisAfter some cajoling from the Biden Administration and an all-night negotiating session, the leaders of the remaining holdout railroad...
DOT Announces $1.5 Billion in FY22 INFRA Grants
Sep 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday announced the fiscal 2022 recipients of grants under the INFRA program first...