ISSUE / Week of January 14, 2019
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Appropriations,AviationJanuary 17,2019 |House to Move Last Year’s Bipartisan Appropriations Agreements Next Week
January 17, 2019 House Democrats, in yet another attempt to force members to vote on a different way to end the ongoing federal government lapse-of-appropriations shutdown, have posted online the... -
FASTLANE,Federal BudgetJanuary 18,2019 |
White House Considering 10+ Year Surface Transportation Reauthorization
January 18, 2019 As Reuters first reported, high-level meetings were held at the White House this week to discuss infrastructure, and at those meetings, the idea of reauthorizing surface...
Shutdown Will Reach 1-Month Mark With No End in Sight
January 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 18, 2019 (ed. 1-22-19) The House and Senate have left town for the week, and Monday will mark the one-month mark of the partial, lapse-of-appropriations government shutdown that began on...
Eno Congratulates Board Member Mary Peters on Lifetime Achievement Award
January 16, 2019 | Alexander LaskaJanuary 16, 2018 The Eno Center for Transportation congratulates former Secretary of Transportation and Eno Board member Mary Peters on receiving the 2019 Frank Turner Medal for Lifetime...
USDOT Cautiously Proposes Relaxing Rules for Drones
January 18, 2019 | Paul LewisJanuary 18, 2019 In a speech at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao announced a proposed rule that would allow for small drone operators...
Full House T&I Membership Named for 116th Congress
January 17, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 17, 2018 Yesterday, House leaders of both parties named the full complement of members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the 116th Congress. The panel has...
Inland Waterways Stakeholders Highlight Federal Funding Challenges
January 18, 2019 | Alexander LaskaJanuary 17, 2019 As projections show a steep increase in freight movement over the next few decades, stakeholders representing inland waterway transportation said they are well-positioned to...
Subcommittees Named in House, Senate
January 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 18, 2019 Several Congressional committees organized themselves this week and populated their subcommittees. (For coverage of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's...
TRB Session Highlights Three Key Findings from Transportation Chapter of National Climate Assessment
January 18, 2019 | Brianne EbyJanuary 18, 2019 Transportation infrastructure is at risk from severe weather events compounded by climate change, according to the Transportation chapter of the Fourth National Climate Assessment...
Trump Re-Nominates Nine Transportation Nominees
January 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisJanuary 18, 2019 On January 16, President Trump sent the Senate scores of nominations (full list here) that he had earlier made in the previous Congress and which were still pending in committee...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 21, 2019
January 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisTuesday, January 22 – House Rules full committee hearing on H.R. 648, omnibus appropriations for fiscal year 2019 (text here) – 5:00 p.m., H-313, The Capitol.