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DeFazio: Members may get up to $20M each for earmarks

April 15, 2021

April 15, 2021 | Jeff Davis

"Each member was told how much they would get [by leadership], and they were able to divide that up among...

Senate Procedural Ground Cleared for More Reconciliation Bills, but Politics May Not Be There Yet

April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021 | Jeff Davis

April 9, 2021 - Earlier this week, the nonpartisan Senate Parliamentarian told Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) that a...

Details of Transportation Programs in Biden Investment Plan Released

April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021 | Jeff Davis

April 9, 2021 - Earlier this week, a USDOT official sent a few Capitol Hill offices a breakdown of the...

Say It Ain't So, Amtrak Joe

April 7, 2021

April 7, 2021 | Jeff Davis

Jeff Davis was surprised to see Amtrak's 2035 Vision included a Minneapolis-Duluth line that former Minnesota congressman Jim Oberstar used...

Stakeholders Advocate Action on Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

April 7, 2021

April 7, 2021 | Jeff Davis

“It’s got a chance but threading the needle in a six vote majority House and a 50-50 Senate is awfully...

Charging Stations Could Drive Electric Vehicles Into a Wall

April 2, 2021

April 2, 2021 | Jeff Davis

“I can’t see the federal government funding five different networks of different kinds of charging stations; it seems inefficient to...

America Has Long Favored Cars Over Trains and Buses. Can Biden Change That?

April 2, 2021

April 2, 2021 | Paul Lewis

“When a lot of money is raining down from the top, states and localities will do whatever they can to...

Biden Proposes $2.3T Investment Plan, Budget Reconciliation Likely Method

April 2, 2021

April 2, 2021 | Jeff Davis

April 2, 2021 - President Biden this week announced his $2.3 trillion "American Jobs Plan," to include $571 billion in...

What's In the $2.3 Trillion Biden "Investment" Plan

April 2, 2021

April 2, 2021 | Jeff Davis

April 2, 2021 - The following is an updated summary of the transportation infrastructure spending proposed by President Biden this...

Biden's $2.3 Trillion Investment Plan Includes $571 Billion for Transportation Infrastructure

March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021 | Jeff Davis

March 31, 2021 - The White House this morning released a detailed summary of President Biden's $2.3 trillion federal investment...

Can Congress fix I-80? How Biden’s expected infrastructure plan could impact Sacramento

March 30, 2021

March 30, 2021 | Paul Lewis

Saying a bridge is deficient “doesn’t mean the bridge is about to fall down. That kind of thing is very...

Buttigieg Faces First Congressional Hearing as SecDOT

March 26, 2021

March 26, 2021 | Jeff Davis

March 26, 2021 - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for five hours...