Update - The Week Ahead December 8, 2014 | Jeff Davis December 8, 2014 - This is the last scheduled week of session for the 113th Congress, and Congressional leaders have...
How To Get A Transportation User Tax Increase Through the House of Representatives December 4, 2014 | Jeff Davis December 4, 2014 - Yesterday, the House quietly passed a bill that increases the federal user charge on inland waterways...
Congress Returns For Hectic Final Session December 2, 2014 | Jeff Davis December 2, 2014 - As Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess to face what is supposed to be the last...
Could Building a Canal In Nicaragua Be the Answer? November 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton BY AARON J. GELLMAN Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern University In 2013, Chinese interests revealed their intentions to construct...
Matching Expectation of the Public and Private Sectors in a Public-Private Partnership for th ePublic Sector November 25, 2014 | Carter Templeton BY DAVID BAXTER Director, Institute for Public Private Partnerships SETH W. MILLER GABRIEL P3 Advisor, Institute for Public Private Partnerships “Why do...
Myths Surrounding Devolution of Federal Transportation Programs November 25, 2014 | As the lame-duck session of Congress approaches, there is nascent optimism within the transportation community that perhaps this could be...
Congressional Leadership & Committee Elections Begin November 21, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 20, 2014 - Members-elect of the upcoming 114th Congress have begun electing party leaders and selecting committee leaders. All...
The Highway Trust Fund Under TEA21, SAFETEA-LU and MAP-21 November 20, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 20, 2014 - The following chart shows Highway Trust Fund annual new spending obligation authority granted by Congress (obligation...
President Nominates NHTSA, STB Heads November 20, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 20, 2014 - As the USDOT nomination backlog at the White House builds, President Obama in recent days has...
Backlash Against President's Immigration Actions Threatens to Blow Up FY15 Omnibus November 20, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 20, 2014 - The unilateral immigration regularization actions to be announced by President Obama tonight are making it more...
Lame-Duck Agenda Expected To Be Limited November 11, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 10, 2014 - Congress returns this week for a post-election “lame duck” session of Congress in which party leaders...
Election Results Will Lead To Major Shakeups On Capitol Hill November 11, 2014 | Jeff Davis November 10, 2014 - Analyzes the effects that last weeks election results will have on public policy in the upcoming...
