House Hearing Examines Transportation of Oil by Rail

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 11, 2015 - On February 3, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials...

Senate Proposal Contains $47.2 Billion in HTF Transfers and Offsetting “Pay-Fors”

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

July 22, 2015 - The new substitute version of the Senate surface transportation bill offered by Majority Leader McConnell contains...

Senate Hearing Addresses Port Infrastructure Needs, Freight Network

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 11, 2015 - On February 10, a Senate subcommittee held a hearing on the importance of ports to U.S....

Boxer Bumps Carper From Lead Post On Highway Subcommittee

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 11, 2015 - Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking minority member Barbara Boxer (D-CA) made it official this...

Blumenauer, 24 Other Democrats Introduce 15 Cent Per Gallon Gasoline Tax Increase For HTF

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 11, 2015 - Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-CA) and 24 Democratic cosponsors last week introduced legislation to increase federal gasoline...

Bipartisan Amtrak Bill Introduced In House

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 | Jeff Davis

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

Odds and Ends - January 28, 2015

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

House T&I Finalizes Subcommittee Roster. Yesterday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee officially approved the assignments of committee members to...

Senate Rail Hearing Focuses On Pushing Back PTC Deadline

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

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

CBO Has (Preliminary) Good News For THUD Appropriations Bill

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

January 28, 2015 - Buried within the voluminous supporting data of the new CBO baseline is some preliminary good news...

President Requests $74 Billion Discretionary Spending Cap Increase

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 4, 2015 - The President’s budget released this week contains the official discretionary spending cap totals under the Budget...

White House Again Proposes Unlikely Cuts in Corps of Engineers Funding

September 9, 2015 | Jeff Davis

February 4, 2015 - Once again, the White House and Congress have a fundamental difference of opinion over how much...