DOT Issues Long-Awaited Rail Car Rule September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis May 6, 2015 - Last Friday, U.S. DOT released its much-anticipated rulemaking for shipping crude oil and other liquid energy...
Senate Begins Procedural Set-Up To Consider Surface Transportation Bill Next Week September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis July 15, 2015 - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has taken the first procedural steps towards starting debate on...
Leaders Continue Mulling 2-Month vs 7-Month HTF Extension September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis May 6, 2015 - Even though the House of Representatives is out of town this week, discussion continues on how...
White House Issues Blanket Veto Threat on FY 2016 Appropriations Bills September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis April 20, 2015 - The White House this week issued veto threats against the first two fiscal 2016 appropriations bills...
Still No Agreement on HTF Extension; Late-May Brinksmanship Likely September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis April 30, 2015 - Congressional leaders continue to talk behind the scenes about the duration of the forthcoming extension of...
Homeland Funding Drama Ends with House Accepting Clean Year-Long Appropriations Bill September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis March 5, 2015 - The long, slow-motion crisis over federal Homeland Security funding for fiscal year 2015 is over, as...
House Passes Bipartisan Amtrak Reform Bill September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis March 5, 2015 - Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 749, the bipartisan passenger rail reform bill, by...
House Subcommittee OK’s $71.5 Billion FY16 USDOT Budget September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis April 30, 2015 - A House appropriations subcommittee today approved a draft bill making available $71.5 billion in spending authority...
Almost 2/3 of House Members Sign Pro-Infrastructure Funding Letter September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis February 26, 2015 - Reps. Reid Ribble (R-WI) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL) this week released a letter dated February 11...
House Appropriations Approves FY16 Corps of Engineers Budget September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis April 22, 2015 - The full House Appropriations Committee earlier today approved, by voice vote, a $35.4 billion appropriations bill...
Foxx Defends DOT FY16 Budget Before Senate Appropriators September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis April 22, 2015 - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx defended his department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request before a...
Senate Hopes To Avert Partial DHS Shutdown But Obstacles Still Remain September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis February 26, 2015 - The Senate cleared a major procedural hurdle on the path to preventing a partial shutdown of...
