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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...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of January 18, 2021
Jan 12, 2021 | Jeff DavisTuesday, January 19 – Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – full committee hearing on the anticipated nomination of...
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,...
Chao Resigns From DOT in Protest
Jan 08, 2021 | Jeff DavisTransportation Secretary Elaine Chao was the first Cabinet-level Trump official to resign in protest of President Trump's role in...
Party Control of Senate to Switch on Jan. 20
Jan 08, 2021 | Jeff DavisDemocrats will soon have control of the U.S. Senate by the slimmest possible margin, to go along with a razor-thin margin of control in...
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 FY21 Appropriations Provide More Water Infrastructure Funding Increases
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe omnibus appropriations act for fiscal year 2021 provided another round of funding increases for Corps of Engineers water...
Omnibus Legislation Includes Water Resources, Pipeline Safety Bills
Dec 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe year-end omnibus fiscal legislation passed by Congress yesterday included two separate recurring bills negotiated by the House...