ISSUE / Week of August 23, 2021
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Highway Trust Fund,InfrastructureAugust 24,2021 |House Passes Budget, Sets Sept. 27 As Passage Deadline for Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
By a perfectly attended party-line vote of 220 to 212, the House of Representatives has adopted a special rule (H. Res. 601) that automatically passes the Senate-passed budget blueprint (S. Con. Res.... -
Now that both chambers of Congress have agreed to the same version of S. Con. Res. 14, the budget resolution for fiscal 2022, the committees of the House can start producing their portions of the...
Appropriations,Transit
How Transit Got Traded Away in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
August 27, 2021 | Jeff DavisHow did additional funding for public transit go from $85 billion (really $110 billion) in President Biden's American Jobs Plan, down to $48.5 billion in the June bipartisan infrastructure...
Federal Funding,Highway Trust Fund,Infrastructure
The Infrastructure Bill’s Twin 2027 Problems
August 27, 2021 | Jeff DavisAs of this writing, it appears likely that the bipartisan infrastructure bill will be the law of the land by October 1 and will reauthorize, and robustly fund, federal surface transportation programs...
Tentative House Committee Schedules for Budget Reconciliation
August 27, 2021 | Jeff DavisPer the good folks at Punchbowl News, here are the tentative House committee schedules for consideration of their portions of the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill for fiscal year...