Issues & Modes / Funding & Finance
Congress’s Messy ‘Fix-It-First’ Fight Heats Up
Jan 23, 2023 | Jeff Davis“Enactment of a CRA resolution doesn’t just overturn the rulemaking; it sows the earth with salt,” wrote Jeff Davis of Eno...
Why IIJA Funding Is Probably Safe From Proposed Spending Cuts
Jan 20, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe new 118th Congress is less than three weeks old but the House has already passed legislation repealing appropriations made in the...
Manchin Suggests Debt Limit Talks Address HTF Solvency
Jan 20, 2023 | Jeff DavisSenator Joe Manchin (D-WV) suggested this week that part of the answer to increasing the federal debt ceiling would be to include...
Update: 96% of First-Year IIJA Competitive Funding Now Open for Application or Assigned
Jan 20, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe New Year gives us a good opportunity to update our ongoing status page on how quickly the Department of Transportation is working...
DOT Gives $2.1 Billion for Four Large Bridge Projects
Jan 06, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe Biden Administration announced this week that four highway bridge projects will split nearly $2.1 billion in federal funding under...
DOT Selects $1.2 Billion in Megaproject Awards for FY22 Cycle
Jan 04, 2023 | Jeff DavisLast week, the U.S. Department of Transportation notified Congress that they have selected nine projects to share almost $1.2 billion...
Biden Administration Gives $1.6 Billion for Bridge Project Sought by McConnell, Portman
Jan 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden will visit Covington, Kentucky tomorrow to make a joint appearance with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)...
House to Clear FY23 Omnibus for Signature After Adopting Last-Minute Infrastructure Amendment
Dec 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisLater this morning, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider and pass the 4,125-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations...
Omnibus Spending Totals: Eye of the Beholder
Dec 22, 2022 | Jeff DavisWhen the agreement on the fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations package was released in the wee hours of the morning of December 20,...
FY23 Omnibus Bill Appropriates $30B for USDOT
Dec 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisAt around 1:30 a.m. this morning, Congressional negotiators filed the text of the much-awaited $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus...
7-Day CR Extension Cleared In Hopes of FY23 Omnibus Early Next Week
Dec 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisCongress has cleared a one-week appropriations extension lasting from midnight tonight to midnight on December 23. Leaders are hopeful...
Little Progress on Appropriations Talks; Year-Long CR Threatened
Dec 09, 2022 | Jeff DavisBehind-the-scenes negotiations on fiscal 2023 federal appropriations legislation is now at a breaking point, with the current stopgap...