Senate Action on 2-Month Extension May Be Last Pre-Recess Business

ISSUE / Week of May 18, 2015

  • September 09,2015 |

    Senate Action on 2-Month Extension May Be Last Pre-Recess Business

    Buses,Emissions
    May 21, 2015 Today is shaping up to be a very long day in the United States Senate, and passage of a two-month extension of Highway Trust Fund funding authority may be the last item on the agenda....
  • September 09,2015 |

    Senate Hearing Examines ATC Reform

    Air Traffic Control,Airlines
    May 21, 2015 The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held the last in a series of five hearings on the upcoming Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization yesterday....
32? 11? Confusion Over Number of Short-Term Extensions
Appropriations,Federal Governance,Governance,Highway Trust Fund

32? 11? Confusion Over Number of Short-Term Extensions

May 21, 2015 Transportation Secretary Foxx has, throughout his tenure, been pushing for a long-term surface transportation reauthorization bill, and one of his talking points has been the...

ETW Issue Overview: Separating ATC Provision From Safety Regulation
Air Traffic Control,Aviation,Aviation Safety,Federal Governance,Governance

ETW Issue Overview: Separating ATC Provision From Safety Regulation

May 21, 2015 Introduction. The issue of reforming the governance and funding structure of air traffic control (ATC) provision in the United States is the subject of substantial discussion in...

Senate Appropriations Hands Out FY 2016 Spending Allocations
Airports,Amtrak,Appropriations,Aviation,Federal Budget,Federal Funding,Federal Governance,Governance,Homeland security,Maritime,Ports

Senate Appropriations Hands Out FY 2016 Spending Allocations

May 21, 2015 Like its House counterpart, the Senate panel was forced to work from the revised Budget Control Act total of $1,016.6 trillion in regular discretionary budget authority and with the...

The Perils of Flat Funding
Bridges,Federal Funding,Federal Governance,Fuel tax,Governance,Highway Trust Fund,Public transit,Streets

The Perils of Flat Funding

In the weeks leading up to the federal surface transportation vote on a short-term extension, a few members of Congress started touting that we will have a five-year bill soon. But it comes with a...

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