March 19, 2021 – This week, House Republicans voted to reverse their decade-old ban on requesting earmarked projects for their districts. The action was taken in light of the House Democratic majority announcing late last month that they were bringing back earmarks.
Monday, March 22 – House Energy and Commerce – full committee hearing on the committee’s infrastructure bill (the LIFT Act) – 11:00 a.m., via Cisco Webex. Tuesday, March 23 – House Ways and Means – full committee open hearing where House Members testify on their infrastructure priorities – 10:00 a.m.,…
March 19, 2021 – (Since the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently announced that his panel will bring back earmarking of special projects for legislators (for Democrats, at any rate – Republican participation is not yet certain), I decided to reprint my detailed analysis I wrote of the highway earmarks the last time T&I did so – the 2005 SAFETEA-LU law. The following article is substantially as it originally appeared in the January 17, 2006 issue of my old publication Transportation Weekly.)
March 12, 2021 – President Biden signed into law yesterday the latest $1.9 trillion COVID relief and economic stimulus bill (H.R. 1319), now called the American Rescue Plan Act.
March 12, 2021 – Could Congress provide guaranteed multi-year funding for transportation infrastructure without raising highway user taxes and while making the Highway Trust Fund solvent once again?
Wednesday, March 17 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – full committee hearing on “the business case for climate solutions” (witness list to be posted here) – 11:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
March 11, 2021 – Over three months in 1970-1971, the Transportation Department and the Nixon White House had to draw up a basic map of route endpoints, which the new quasi-federal passenger railroad (not yet known as Amtrak) would be required to serve. This is how the system map was drawn up.
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March 5, 2021 – President Joe Biden hosted an Oval Office meeting yesterday with a bipartisan group of House members to discuss infrastructure legislation, but not only did no plan emerge (to be expected), after the meeting there was no clear sense on whether or not bipartisan legislation would be possible.
March 5, 2021 – Polly Trottenberg, President Biden’s nominee to serve as Deputy Secretary of Transportation, got a good reception March 3 at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.