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Trump Team Drafted FY21 BUILD and INFRA Funding Notices with New Transparency Requirements
Jan 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisAs some of their last official actions, the Trump Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation expedited the drafting of...
Outgoing Administration Distributes $59 Billion in Highway & Transit Formula Funding
Jan 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisIn its last few days in office, the Trump Administration distributed $59 billion in formula-based surface transportation funding to...
Biden Proposes Another $20 Billion in Mass Transit Aid As Part of His COVID Relief Package
Jan 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisLast night, President-elect Joe Biden gave a speech in which he outlined his economic policies for the first months of his...
Federal Borrowing for Infrastructure Funding – How Could It Be Done?
Jan 08, 2021 | Jeff Davis“With real interest rates at zero or below, shouldn’t the federal government just borrow the money to pay for something worthwhile,...
With Unified Democratic Control, Can “Budget Reconciliation” Be Used for Infrastructure?
Jan 08, 2021 | Jeff DavisNow that Democrats have won both Georgia Senate runoff elections, and will have the barest of Senate majorities to go along with a slim...
Transit Aid from COVID Bill Would Focus on 138 Urban Areas With Most Needs
Dec 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe $14 billion for mass transit in the new coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress on December 21 would be reserved for the transit...
Congress Wraps Up Fiscal Issues for the Year
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisIn a span of about nine hours yesterday, both chambers of Congress debated and passed, almost sight unseen, a 5,593-page bill providing...
Last COVID Bill of 2020 Gives An Additional $45 Billion to Transportation
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe final major legislation to be passed by Congress in 2020 contained another $0.9 trillion in COVID-related fiscal relief spread...
TSA, Coast Guard Get Increases in Final FY21 Appropriations Package
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisDivision F of the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2021 provides year-long funding for the Department of Homeland Security,...
Final Omnibus Spending-COVID-Tax Legislation Released
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisIn a span of about nine hours yesterday, both chambers of Congress debated and passed, almost sight unseen, a 5,593-page bill providing...
Final FY21 Appropriations Bill Gives $88 Billion to USDOT
Dec 21, 2020 | Jeff DavisDivision L of the massive 5,600-page year-end funding bill is the regular Transportation-HUD appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021,...
New Census Data Shows State/Local Revenue Loss from COVID Uneven and Less than Anticipated
Dec 21, 2020 | Jeff DavisNew data from the Census Bureau released last week shows that the aggregate state and local tax revenue losses this year from COVID and...