Senate May Add Massive Spending Cap Increases To Pending CR

February 7, 2018 | Jeff Davis

February 7, 2018 - The Senate could add a two-year budget deal adding an extra $150 billion per year in...

State of the Union Speech Increases Expectations for Highly Leveraged Infrastructure Bill

February 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

February 2, 2018 - We still expect President Trump’s infrastructure plan itself to rely on $200 billion in federal budget...

Trump Nominates Board Members for Amtrak, MWAA

February 2, 2018 | Jeff Davis

February 2, 2018 - President Trump today announced his intention to nominate new members of the Boards of Directors of...

Transportation and Infrastructure in the State of the Union Address, 1997-2017

January 30, 2018 | Jeff Davis

January 30, 2018 - As we all await President Trump's State of the Union address tonight, in which he is...

Shutdown Deadline Now Extended to Feb. 8 As Budget Talks Continue

January 27, 2018 | Jeff Davis

January 26, 2018 - The three-day government shutdown over the last weekend was ended by the enactment of a three-week...

Status of Legislation and Nominations - January 26, 2018

January 26, 2018 | Jeff Davis

January 26, 2018 ETW maintains webpages devoted to the status of major transportation and infrastructure legislation and to transportation-related nominations....

Capitol Hill Events - Week of January 29, 2018

January 26, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Tuesday, January 30 - House Transportation and Infrastructure - Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation - subcommittee hearing on the...

U.S. Chamber Proposal Revives Gas Tax Debate

January 26, 2018 | Jeff Davis

January 26, 2018 - Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released its proposal for a national infrastructure initiative, centered...

Senate Confirms James To Be Civilian Head of Corps of Engineers

January 26, 2018 | Jeff Davis

January 26, 2018 - The U.S.  Senate yesterday confirmed R.D. James to be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for...

History of the Tolling Ban on Federal-Aid Highways

January 23, 2018 | Jeff Davis

The first law providing federal aid to states for construction and maintenance of roads was enacted almost a century ago,...

Shutdown Should End Tonight

January 23, 2018 | Jeff Davis

Monday, January 22, 2018 - 5:00 p.m. The federal government shutdown that began at midnight Friday night should end later...

6-Page Summary of Administration Infrastructure Plan Leaked; Won't Contain Funding Offset

January 22, 2018 | Jeff Davis

January 22, 2018 - On the morning of January 22, someone leaked an internal 6-page summary of the larger, 60-something-page...