ISSUE / Week of August 16, 2021
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InfrastructureAugust 20,2021 |Monday Night Showdown Set for Budget, Infrastructure Bill Votes in House
House Democratic leaders are facing a showdown with their members on Monday. At issue is whether or not Democrats can get 215 of their members to vote for a budget blueprint for fiscal 2022 (S. Con.... -
How will the funding provided by the bipartisan infrastructure bill affect the regular, ongoing Department of Transportation budget? As yet, we only have the House-passed appropriations bill...
Guest Op-Ed: The Role Transportation Professionals Can Play in Recognizing and Disrupting Human Trafficking
August 20, 2021 | John HabermannClose to a half million people in the United States are currently being exploited for labor or sex or both, either through indentured servitude or outright slavery. Transportation facilities and...
Senate BIB Funding Totals – Combined Trust Fund and General Fund
August 20, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill provides $454.2 billion in guaranteed funding over five years for the "traditional" surface transportation reauthorization bill modes – Federal...
Updated State-by-State Transit Funding Comparison: House INVEST vs Senate BIB
August 20, 2021 | Jeff DavisUpdated projections from the Federal Transit Administration that show estimated mass transit funding flowing to transit providers in each state under the pending House and Senate infrastructure bills...
Will the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Breach the Debt Ceiling?
August 20, 2021 | Jeff DavisWhat does the debt ceiling have to do with bailing out the Highway Trust Fund? Quite a lot, actually. Section 80103 of the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill "hereby" appropriates $118...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of August 23, 2021
August 20, 2021 | Jeff DavisMonday, August 23 – House Rules – full committee business meeting to consider a rule for House consideration of the following: S. Con. Res. 14, FY 2022 budget resolution; H.R. 4, voting rights;...