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Internal GOP Haggling Delays Coronavirus Aid Bill to Next Week

July 24, 2020

July 24, 2020 | Jeff Davis

July 24, 2020 - Protracted internal negotiations between the White House and Congressional Republicans have delayed the scheduled release of...

House Adds Coast Guard, Maritime Bills to Defense Authorization

July 24, 2020

July 24, 2020 | Jeff Davis

July 23, 2020 - On July 21, the House of Representatives passed a $734 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal...

Another Coronavirus Response Bill Expected in Senate Next Week

July 17, 2020

July 17, 2020 | Jeff Davis

July 7, 2020 - The U.S. Senate returns to Washington next week for what is scheduled to be a three-week...

FY21 Homeland Appropriations Move Out of House Committee - But Maybe No Farther

July 17, 2020

July 17, 2020 | Jeff Davis

July 15, 2020 - The House Appropriations Committee on July 15 approved the $51 billion draft Homeland Security appropriations bill...

TSA, Coast Guard Get Operational Increases in FY21 House Bill

July 7, 2020

July 7, 2020 | Jeff Davis

July 7, 2020 - Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee released the text of the draft fiscal 2021 Homeland Security appropriations...

CDC Contract Tracing Rule Pushed to September

June 12, 2020

June 12, 2020 | Robert Puentes

June 12, 2020 - There are at least three key reasons why the task of collecting and maintaining critical data...

House Hearing Looks at Coronavirus Impact on Front-Line Transportation Workers

June 12, 2020

June 12, 2020 | Owain James

June 11, 2020 - A June 9 House hearing listened to the perspectives of front-line transportation workers on how coronavirus...

Senate Commerce Committee OKs Bills, Nominations

May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020 | Jeff Davis

May 22, 2020 - The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a business meeting on May 20 to approve...

FMCSA Issues Final Hours-of-Service Rule Update

May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020 | Jeff Davis

May 15, 2020- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week issued a long-awaited final rule making some changes in...

APTA Asks For Another $24 Billion in COVID Relief for Transit Providers

May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020 | Jeff Davis

Yesterday, the American Public Transportation Association asked Congress to appropriate an additional $23.8 billion in coronavirus-related relief to mass transit...

COVID-19 Pandemic Prompts Extension of Real ID Enforcement Deadline

March 27, 2020

March 27, 2020 | Romic Aevaz

March 27, 2020 - The Department of Homeland Security has announced a one-year extension of the Real ID enforcement deadline...

Final Senate-Passed Third Coronavirus Response Bill - March 25, 2020

March 26, 2020

March 26, 2020 | Jeff Davis

This is the text of Senate Amendment 1578, offered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to an unrelated House-passed...