ISSUE / Weeks of August 2 and August 9, 2021
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Federal Budget,InfrastructureAugust 13,2021 |House Returning August 23 to Vote on Budget, But Infrastructure Bill Is Entwined
This week, House leaders announced that the House of Representatives will break from its scheduled August recess and return to Washington on Monday, August 23 to vote on the Congressional budget... -
Last Thursday, August 5, the Biden administration issued an executive order with new rules aimed at reducing automobile emissions. The new rules came less than one week before the sixth United...
Op-Ed: Incorporating Sustainability in Airport Planning
August 13, 2021 | Caroline MareteAirports are a critical part of the U.S. transportation infrastructure as they play a key role in the economy and in connecting passengers and freight between surface and air transportation modes....
Op-Ed: Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Could Be a Win for Climate, If it Can Be Leveraged to Those Ends
August 13, 2021 | Paul LewisThe newest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released this week, was depressing. Not that it contained anything truly surprising, but it was yet another reminder...
Senate Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
August 10, 2021 | Jeff DavisIt took a lot longer than expected, but just before noon today, the U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill by a roll call vote of 69 yeas, 30 nays. All 50 Democrats voted yes, as...
House-Senate Comparison: Mass Transit
August 13, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe table at the end of this article shows programmatic funding totals for mass transit in the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill and under the House's INVEST in America Act. In terms of...
Senate Floor Amendments to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
August 08, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate agreed to 23 amendments to the bipartisan infrastructure bill before amending H.R. 3684, the House-passed INVEST in America Act, with the text of the amended bipartisan...
What’s In the Senate-Passed Budget Resolution?
August 13, 2021 | Jeff DavisAfter a 13.5-hour "vote-a-rama,"during which 41 consecutive roll call votes were cast (meaning at least 82 calls of the roll by the poor tally clerk), the U.S. Senate passed S. Con. Res. 14, the...
Caroline Marete Reflects on the Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellowship
August 13, 2021 | Madeline GormanThe Eno Center for Transportation welcomed Caroline Marete as our 2021 Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellow this summer. Now at the close of her time with Eno, Caroline provides insight into her experience as...