ISSUE / Week of November 16, 2020
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America is in the midst of a major, ongoing crisis, and the American people have voted to switch party control of the White House. The new Democratic president will have to hit the ground running...
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Aircraft,AviationNovember 20,2020 |FAA Clears 737 MAX for Return to Service as Congress Debates New Aircraft Certification Reform
The Federal Aviation Administration this week approved the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after 20 months of being grounded for safety concerns. Meanwhile, the House of...
NYC Transit Agrees to Borrow $2.9 Billion, but Treasury Shuts Down Loan Program
November 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe New York City mass transit agency (the MTA) on November 18 agreed to borrow another $2.9 billion from the federal government to stave off short-term insolvency as they wait for Congress to...
Barrasso Will Leave Highway Chairmanship
November 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisSenate Environment and Public Works chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) announced on November 18 that, if Republicans retain control of the Senate in the 117th Congress, he will exercise his seniority...
Returning Committee Members for the 117th Congress
November 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisThere will be remarkably little turnover on key transportation committees in the next Congress. While there were a number of retirements and election losses, those did not amount to much by...
US House Update: 8 Seat Dem Loss Could Rise to 10
November 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is your Friday morning November 20 update, and California and New York are still counting ballots, 17 days after Election Day. Democrats went into the elections holding 233 seats in the...