Author: Jeff Davis
Democrats To Unveil New Reconciliation Framework Today, Possibly Accompanied By Final Infrastructure Vote
Oct 28, 2021 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden has delayed his trip to Europe by a few hours so he can make a last-minute visit to Capitol Hill and have a public...
Converging Deadlines Make Next Week Make-or-Break for Biden Infrastructure, Spending Bills
Oct 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden is going to go see the Pope next week, and his travel itinerary syncs up with other deadlines in a way that make the...
White House Tries to Mediate Supply Chain Disruptions
Oct 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisFour months after creating a White House Task Force on Supply Chain Disruptions, and six weeks after appointing former Deputy U.S....
House Panel Grills FAA Chief Over Implementation of Congressional Directives
Oct 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the House Aviation Subcommittee got an update from the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration on the status of...
Senate Spending Plan for FY 2022 Becomes Clear
Oct 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisWhen the Senate Appropriations Committee released the text of the remaining nine general appropriations bills for fiscal year 2022 on...
Senate Passes Bill Freeing Up $123 Billion in COVID Aid for Infrastructure
Oct 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisQuietly and with no debate, the U.S. Senate on October 19 passed legislation freeing up almost $123 billion of the $350 billion state...
White House Names 3 More DOT Nominees; 4 Others Approved in Committee
Oct 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis week, President Biden transmitted three more U.S. Department of Transportation nominees to the Senate, while the Commerce, Science...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of October 25, 2021
Oct 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisTuesday, October 26 – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions – business meeting to consider nominations including the Fauth...
FHWA Projects HTF Highway Account Won’t Need Bailout Until Summer 2022
Oct 21, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration has notified Capitol Hill that the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund probably won't need an...
Senate Appropriators Release Text of FY22 THUD Spending Bill
Oct 19, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee has released the text of the nine draft appropriations bills for fiscal 2022 (and...
Funding Table for FY 2022 Senate USDOT Appropriations
Oct 19, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis two-page PDF is a table showing the account-level appropriations provided by the draft Senate Transportation-HUD appropriations...
HTF Operating Deficit Dropped to $10.3B in FY 2021
Oct 18, 2021 | Jeff DavisYear-end information released today by the Federal Highway Administration reported that the federal Highway Trust Fund finished fiscal...