Issues & Modes / Funding & Finance
Administration Re-Releases GROW AMERICA Bill Text
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisApril 2, 2015 The Obama Administration this week submitted the legislative text of a slightly revised version of the GROW AMERICA...
Section-by-Section Summary of S. 808, the Senate STB Reauthorization Bill, As Reported
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisSECTION-BY-SECTION SUMMARY OF S. 808, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2015 The bill redesignates...
Ways and Means Chairman Indicates Short-Term HTF Extension In the Offing
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 26, 2015 Congress is taking the next two weeks off for the traditional Easter-Passover District Work Period. When they return...
House Passes FY16 Budget; Senate Still Debating
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 26, 2015 It’s budget week on Capitol Hill - the House and Senate are considering the annual budget blueprints on the floors...
CBO Says GROW AMERICA Grows Much More Slowly Than USDOT Says
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 19, 2015 Last week, when the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its re-estimate of the President’s budget request...
CBO Releases Details of HTF, AATF Future Tax Receipts
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 19, 2015 Buried within the supporting data of the Congressional Budget Office’s new baseline are the detailed assumptions...
Road Builders Propose Political “Offset” For 15 Cent Gas Tax Increase
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 19, 2015 Last week, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association made an interesting proposal to make a gasoline...
House and Senate Chairmen Release FY16 Budget Plans
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 19, 2015 The chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees released their budget blueprints for fiscal year 2016 and the...
Treasury Releases 5-Year Projections For Other Trust Funds
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 11, 2015 The President’s budget, released last month, gave long-term cash flow forecasts for the largest federal trust fund...
Congressional Estimating Body Says White House Tax Plan Not Enough To Pay For GROW AMERICA
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 11, 2015 The tax estimating body used by Congress has determined that the President’s proposed funding offset for the GROW...
CBO Says HTF Spending More Slowly; Size of Next Bailout Shrinks
Sep 09, 2015 | Jeff DavisMarch 11, 2015 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its updated baseline projections for federal spending and...
WHEN IS A BAILOUT NO LONGER A BAILOUT
Sep 09, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONAfter years of inaction, short-term bailouts, and extensions, transportation policy has finally begun to move in a different direction....