Issues & Modes / Funding & Finance
Amidst Record-High Gas Prices, House Passes Anti-Gouging Bill; Senate Committee Will Consider More Limited Bill Next Week
May 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday to make "unconscionably excessive" or "unreasonably" high gas prices illegal,...
Senate Fails to Advance Bill Containing Extra $2B for Intercity Bus COVID Relief
May 19, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate earlier today failed to muster the 60 votes necessary to bring up a $48 billion bill providing additional COVID relief,...
Gasoline Prices Rise Again, Diesel Supplies Tightening in Northeast
May 13, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is scheduled to vote next week on a bill making it a federal crime to sell gasoline at an "unconscionably...
April Inflation Was Widespread Despite (Temporary) Gasoline Price Drop
May 13, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe single summary number in this month's new inflation announcement (for April 2022) was a good one – consumer prices only rose by a...
Biden’s Cure for High Gasoline Prices? The 2021 Infrastructure Bill
May 12, 2022 | Jeff Davis"The Biden infrastructure law should produce reduced demand for gasoline once projects now being allocated funding [are]...
Buttigieg Talks Workforce, IIJA Implementation With Senate Panel
May 06, 2022 | Jeff DavisTransportation workforce issues were front and center when Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified before the Senate...
Workforce Issues Front-and-Center in Congress
Apr 29, 2022 | Robert Puentes and Katie DonahueLast year, the President's National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) released a report concluding that the United States is...
Buttigieg Defends FY23 Budget Request before Senate Appropriations
Apr 29, 2022 | Jeff DavisTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday to defend the Biden...
Congressional Leaders Open Negotiations on FY23 Spending Total
Apr 29, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees met yesterday to begin discussions of an overall total for the twelve...
How Much Could Inflation Erode IIJA Buying Power?
Apr 27, 2022 | Jeff DavisAnyone who goes to a store, a restaurant, or a gas station can see that prices are going up, and most things cost measurably more than...
USDOT Gets FY22 Highway and Transit Formula Funding Increases Out the Door
Apr 08, 2022 | Jeff DavisTwin announcements from the U.S. Department of Transportation in the last week have given state and local governments permission to...
Step-by-Step: How $52.5 Billion in New Highway Formula Funding Becomes $47.1 Billion
Apr 08, 2022 | Jeff DavisWhen Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act last year, that bipartisan law was built around significant increases...