Capitol Hill Events - Week of September 23, 2019 September 18, 2019 | Jeff Davis Tuesday, September 24 – Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Homeland Security – subcommittee markup of the draft FY 2020 Homeland...
USDOT's FY20 Budget Approved in Senate Subcommittee September 17, 2019 | Jeff Davis September 17, 2019 - The Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing Appropriations made quick work of a draft appropriations bill...
Acting TSA Chief Gives Agency Update to Senate Committee September 13, 2019 | Jeff Davis September 13, 2019 - The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration gave a status update on that agency's activities...
Senate Panel OK's $7.75B for Corps of Engineers in FY20 September 13, 2019 | Jeff Davis September 13, 2019 - Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $48.9 billion Energy and Water Development appropriations bill for...
Capitol Hill Events - Week of September 16, 2019 September 12, 2019 | Jeff Davis Tuesday, September 17 – Senate Appropriation – Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing – subcommittee business meeting to markup the draft...
Senate FY20 Budget Allocations Give THUD $1.1 Billion Boost Over FY19 September 12, 2019 | Jeff Davis September 12, 2019 - Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a plan to split $1.3 trillion in discretionary spending for...
Draft FY20 CR Fixes Transit Problems but Does Not Repeal 2020 Highway Rescission September 12, 2019 | Jeff Davis September 12, 2019 - A draft of a stopgap continuing appropriations measure for the opening days of fiscal year 2020...
Higher federal gas taxes? Businesses are pushing the idea September 9, 2019 | Jeff Davis The Chamber says its proposed increase of five cents a gallon for the next five years would cost motorists an...
60 Years Ago Today - Eisenhower Requests First Highway Trust Fund Bailout September 9, 2019 | Jeff Davis September 9, 1959 - On this day 60 years ago – September 9, 1959 – the White House announced that...
The First Time the Highway Trust Fund Went Broke - Part 3: Eisenhower Wears Down Resistance, Congress Fractures, and Compromise Is Reached September 9, 2019 | Jeff Davis The conclusion of this series examines how the Eisenhower Administration was able to force a gasoline tax increase on an...
September 1959 Highway Trust Fund Bailout Announcement September 9, 2019 | Jeff Davis This is a White House press release dated September 9, 1959 announcing that President Eisenhower had just requested the first-ever...
