Eno Transportation Weekly

April 5, 2019 This week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) used the so-called "nuclear option" to change Senate procedures to cut the amount of time that the minority party can delay a vote on any executive branch nominee below the ran... Sorry - you don't have access to this item. Please log in below, [...]

April 5, 2019 – Texas tried to revive the old “donor state vs. donee state” highway funding debate last week. A March 26 letter to Congressional leaders from the Texas delegation complained that “Texas only receives 95 cents back for every dollar it sent to Washington in federal fuel taxes” and asked for a “fair, equitable [...]

April 5, 2019 – On Sunday March 31, the New York State Legislature and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed off on a $175 billion budgetfor fiscal year 2020. The plan included dedicated funding streams for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), to be supported by a variety of sources including a central business district tolling program, [...]

April 12, 2019 – The House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit met April 9th for a hearing on street and highway safety.

April 4, 2019 – The House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials met April 2, 2019, for a hearing entitled “Pipeline Safety: Reviewing the Status of Mandates and Examining Additional Safety Needs.”

April 5, 2019 A provision taking future Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund taxes and spending effectively "off-budget" has been delayed as the larger disaster relief appropriations bill in which it appears has been bogged down in a partisan dispute ove... Sorry - you don't have access to this item. Please log in below, or check out [...]

April 3, 2019 – Part 1 of a look at pre-1960s proposals to create a U.S. Department of Transportation. This part covers the 20-year debate over whether the construction of public works to be used for transportation should be grouped with the promotion and regulation of such transportation.

Tuesday, April 9 – House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security – subcommittee hearing on the FY 2020 TSA and Coast Guard budget requests – 10:00 a.m., 310 Cannon. Tuesday, April 9 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Highways and Transit – subcommittee hearing on highway safety (witness list to [...]