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Bipartisan Amtrak Bill Introduced In House

September 9, 2015

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 11, 2015 - The bipartisan leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week introduced legislation reauthorizing federal...

Senate Deciding Whether To Take Up Highway Bill

September 9, 2015

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

July 22, 2015 - At this hour (late Wednesday afternoon), the Senate is waiting to hold a “re-vote” on a...

Senate Rail Hearing Focuses On Pushing Back PTC Deadline

September 9, 2015

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

January 28, 2015 - Earlier today, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on freight rail transportation....

Lessons Learned from TIGER Discretionary Grant Program

September 9, 2015

The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program was established as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of...

Administration Proposes Revised 6-Year, $478 Billion GROW AMERICA Surface Reauthorization

September 9, 2015

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 4, 2015 - President Obama proposed a six-year, $478.3 billion surface transportation spending plan as part of his fiscal...

President Submits $94.7 Billion FY16 USDOT Budget

September 9, 2015

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 4, 2015 - The Administration submitted a $94.7 billion budget request for USDOT for fiscal 2016 this week. In...

Commerce Hearing Addresses Transpo Network Performance Issues

September 9, 2015

February 4, 2015 - Last week on January 29, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation’s Subcommittee on...

Reps. Hahn, Poe Re-Introduce Freight Fund Legislation

September 9, 2015

February 19, 2015 - On Feb. 12, Reps. Janice Hahn (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to...

House T&I Easily Approves Passenger Rail Reauthorization Bill

September 9, 2015

February 19, 2015 - The House of Representatives’ bipartisan passenger rail reauthorization bill (H.R. 749) easily passed through the House...

New FRA Report Details PTC Implementation Woes

September 8, 2015

September 8, 2015 | Jeff Davis

August 12, 2015 - Last Friday afternoon, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) submitted a report to Congress detailing the specific...

House Passes Compromise FY15 Homeland Approps. Bill With Veto-Bait Immigration Riders

September 8, 2015

September 8, 2015 | Jeff Davis

January 14, 2015 - The House of Representatives earlier today passed a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security for...

July 30, 2015 9:52 a.m. - House and Senate Almost Over DRIVE

July 30, 2015

July 30, 2015 | Jeff Davis

July 30, 2015 - The Senate today is expected to pass both short-term and longer-term surface transportation legislation that will...