ISSUE / Week of December 10, 2018
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Bridges,Federal FundingDecember 11,2018 |DOT Announces $1.5 Billion in BUILD Surface Transportation Grants
December 11, 2018 Today, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the full list of recipients of $1.475 billion in fiscal year 2018 funding for 91 individual grants under the Department's... -
Appropriations,Federal FundingDecember 14,2018 |
Dec. 21 Shutdown Now Seen As More Likely; Year-Long FY19 CR Options Discussed
December 14, 2018 Funding for federal agencies supported by seven of the twelve annual appropriations bills expires one week from tonight, and there is no immediately obvious path towards averting...
Op-Ed: The Future of the Interstate Highway System
December 14, 2018 | Paul LewisDecember 14, 2018 Few things are more American than the Interstate Highway System. Conceived to facilitate commerce across state borders and connect the country, the Interstates are ingrained in...
Stakeholders Debate Future of Renewable Fuel Standard at House Hearing
December 14, 2018 | Alexander LaskaDecember 13, 2018 A bill that would require new cars to operate using more efficient gasoline and sunset the Renewable Fuel Standard drew praise and criticism at a House Subcommittee on...
New Committee Leaders, Members for 116th Congress Announced
December 14, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 14, 2018 More announcements regarding committee assignments and leaders for the upcoming 116th Congress were made this week. House Democratic Chairmen. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi...
FY20 Defense Boost Could Also Lift Non-Defense Spending
December 14, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 14, 2018 Even as Congressional leaders are trying to figure out how to finish appropriations for fiscal year 2019, the Administration is preparing the fiscal 2020 budget request, due on...
Baton Rouge Voters Pass Sales Tax Increase; Voters Have Now Approved $40.89 Billion for Transportation in 2018
December 14, 2018 | Alexander LaskaDecember 10, 2018 Voters in Baton Rouge, LA, approved over the weekend a 30-year, half-cent sales tax increase to fund road improvements, bringing the total amount of transportation funding...
Tax Extenders Package May Wait Until Next Year
December 14, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 14, 2018 A $30 billion package of tax extenders, which included a permanent (albeit reduced) extension of the tax credit for railroad maintenance for Class II and III railroads, was...
Time Running Out for Trump Nominees
December 14, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 14, 2018 With less than three weeks left until the end of the 115th Congress, twelve of President Trump's transportation-related nominees are still pending on the Senate's Executive...
CBO Updates Savings Estimates from Spending and Tax Choices
December 14, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 14, 2018 This week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued its biennial report updating a wide menu of revenue increase and spending cut options and the amount by which each...
Eno Welcomes Carolyn Flowers, Diane Woodend Jones to Board of Directors
December 12, 2018 | Alexander LaskaDecember 10, 2018 The Eno Center for Transportation has appointed Carolyn Flowers and Diane Woodend Jones to its Board of Directors. Flowers is the former Acting Administrator of the Federal...