ISSUE / Weeks of October 12 and 19, 2020
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Talks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on an additional round of federal COVID stimulus spending no longer appear to be going anywhere, but neither...
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RailOctober 23,2020 |Senate Committee Looks at Legislative Considerations for Freight and Passenger Rail Amid Pandemic
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing Wednesday, October 21 to discuss the effects and status of the nation’s rail industry as the country continues to...
Federal Governance
Alan S. Boyd, 1922-2020: His Transportation Policy Legacy
October 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisAlan Stephenson Boyd, the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, died on Sunday, October 18 at his assisted living facility in Seattle, at the age of 98. His son Mark reported that there was no...
Fuel tax,FY20,Highway Trust Fund
Final Highway Trust Fund Tax Receipts Were Robust in FY 2020 – Suspiciously So
October 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe books have closed on federal fiscal year 2020, which ended on September 30, and despite coronavirus and its effects on travel and the economy, the finances of the federal Highway Trust Fund held...
Aviation,Federal Budget,FY20,Ports
End-of-FY20 Report on Aviation, Water Trust Funds
October 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Airport and Airway Trust Fund had a predictably bad year in fiscal 2020 (since Congress shut off tax collections halfway through the fiscal year, while maintaining existing spending levels),...