Issues & Modes / Funding & Finance
One More Week to Go on Omnibus, COVID Negotiations
Dec 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisA possible government shutdown starting tonight was averted this afternoon when the Senate agreed to a one-week continuing resolution...
House Passes WRDA Compromise, but Bill Looks Dead in Senate
Dec 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed a compromise biennial authorization bill for the Army Corps of Engineers water resources program...
WRDA Bill (Now With Stimulus!), One-Week CR On House Floor This Week
Dec 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisCongress is expected to pass a one-week extension of federal appropriations this week, from the current expiration date of Friday,...
Bipartisan Offer May Be the Needed Breakthrough on COVID Relief Talks
Dec 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisAfter the collapse of the daily COVID relief talks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin a...
How Will 2021 Resemble 2009?
Nov 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisAmerica is in the midst of a major, ongoing crisis, and the American people have voted to switch party control of the White House. The...
Omnibus Appropriations Talks Commence; COVID Talks Go Nowhere
Nov 13, 2020 | Jeff DavisNegotiations between the House and Senate on an omnibus package of fiscal 2021 appropriations bills opened in earnest this week, when...
Summary Table – FY 2021 USDOT Appropriations (Senate Version)
Nov 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF is a 4-page table showing funding levels for every U.S. Department of Transportation budget account under the Senate version...
Senate Appropriators Unveil All 12 FY21 Spending Bills
Nov 10, 2020 | Jeff DavisSenate Appropriations Committee chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) today released the text of all 12 of that committee’s annual...
Senate THUD Bill Gives DOT $719 Million More than House Bill
Nov 10, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Appropriations Committee, at long last, has released the text of its fiscal 2021 Transportation-Housing appropriations bill....
Major Wins for Transit, and Other Takeaways from Election Night
Nov 06, 2020 | Romic AevazWhile the country awaits the results of the final vote count in a handful of key states in the Presidential race, the results from many...
Omnibus Appropriations, COVID Aid Top Lame-Duck Agenda
Nov 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisAs absentee and provisional ballots continue to be counted, it appears as of this writing (2:15 p.m. Nov. 6) that Joe Biden will expand...
Webinar: Toward Universal Access
Nov 19, 2020 | Madeline GormanThis webinar is an overview of Toward Universal Access: A Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions, which is the fourth...