ISSUE / Week of June 28, 2021
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Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act, as amended, by an almost completely party-line vote of 221 yeas, 201 nays. All 219 Democrats who were present were...
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Federal Funding,InfrastructureJuly 02,2021 |Biden Campaigns for Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (Not House Bill)
President Biden this week went on the road to campaign for the bipartisan infrastructure deal he struck with a small group of Senators last week, even as the House of Representatives was debating and...
House Climate Crisis Select Committee Considers Transportation Priorities
July 02, 2021 | Brianne EbyOn June 30, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis held a hearing, “Transportation Investments for Solving the Climate Crisis.” Witnesses included: Margaret Anderson Kelliher,...
House Appropriators Subdivide $1.5 Trillion in FY22 Funding; Transportation-HUD Gets $10.6 Billion Increase
July 02, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis week, the House Appropriations Committee formally approved its chairman's plan to subdivide $1.5 trillion in new spending authority for fiscal year 2022 between its twelve subcommittees. The...
House Will Let Senate Go First on FY22 Budget Blueprint
July 02, 2021 | Jeff DavisHouse Budget Committee chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) made it official this week: he is calling off his plans to have his panel mark up a fiscal 2022 budget blueprint in mid-July. Instead, the House...
CBO Issues Official 2021 Baseline
July 02, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office yesterday issued its official budget baseline for budget year 2022 and the ten year period for fiscal 2022-2031. There was an earlier, preliminary baseline...