April 9, 2019 – In 1946, President Truman came very close to creating a Federal Transportation Agency to unite federal road, aviation, and maritime activity under one roof.
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April 5, 2019 – This week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) used the so-called “nuclear option” to change Senate procedures to cut the amount of time that the minority party can delay a vote on any executive branch nominee below the rank of Cabinet Secretary (or its equivalent) from 30 hours down to just 2 hours.
April 5, 2019 – Texas tried to revive the old “donor state vs. donee state” highway funding debate last week. A March 26 letter to Congressional leaders from the Texas delegation complained that “Texas only receives 95 cents back for every dollar it sent to Washington in federal fuel taxes” and asked for a “fair, equitable and logical approach” to highway funding distribution formulas in the next surface transportation reauthorization bill.
April 5, 2019 – The House and Senate Budget Committees have now approved vastly different spending plans for fiscal year 2020. While the House plan is headed for a vote by the full chamber next week, the Senate blueprint may have gone as far as it will ever go.
Tuesday, April 9 – House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security – subcommittee hearing on the FY 2020 TSA and Coast Guard budget requests – 10:00 a.m., 310 Cannon. Tuesday, April 9 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Highways and Transit – subcommittee hearing on…
April 3, 2019 – Part 1 of a look at pre-1960s proposals to create a U.S. Department of Transportation. This part covers the 20-year debate over whether the construction of public works to be used for transportation should be grouped with the promotion and regulation of such transportation.
March 22, 2019 – Senate Budget Committee chairman Mike Enzi today introduced a 2020 budget plan that assumes that Congress will enact somewhere around $85-90 billion in new highway user taxes over five years to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent at baseline funding levels.
March 21, 2019 – President Trump on March 19 made the long-awaited announcement that he will nominate Stephen Dickson, a longtime pilot and executive with Delta Air Lines, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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