This update from Metro’s government relations staff doesn’t make it sound as if a bill will be burping out of the Senate anytime soon: U.S. Senate Holds Procedural Vote on Surface Transportation Bill Earlier today, the U.S. Senate failed to invoke cloture (54-42) on an amendment offered by Majority Leader [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Boxer says no path forward for Senate transportation bill (The Hill) Sen. Barbara Boxer [continue reading]
Here’s the letter that California’s Democratic House members sent today: 2.10.12 Transportation Bill HR 7
We’ve been tracking the progress of the latest multi-year transportation spending bill in Congress — a bill that includes funding for Metro and the nation’s other transit agencies. The Obama Administration on Thursday backed the Senate version of the bill co-authored by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California). As we’ve been reporting, [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Editorial: A terrible transportation bill (New York Times) Both the U.S. Senate and House [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. House GOP transportation bill at odds with Boxer’s (San Francisco Chronicle) And let the [continue reading]
As I mentioned in the headlines earlier, House Republicans today announced their version of a multi-year transportation funding bill — and it’s very different from the two-year bill being discussed in the Senate. Here’s the news from Metro’s government relations staff: Today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Transportation [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Mica says he’s open to a short-term transpo bill (The Hill) The current federal transportation bill expires Sept. 30. If it goes, so does [continue reading]
Nice graphic from Metro staff showing that business leaders across the country are supporting America Fast Forward, the federal legislation that would allow Metro and other transit agencies to use federal loans and financing to speed up construction of big projects. If Metro can persuade Congress to adopt the [continue reading]
Rep. John Mica (R-Florida), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, today released the outlines for a proposed multi-year federal transportation bill. The good news: It contains some of the things needed to make America Fast Forward the law of the land. America Fast Forward would use a federal loan [continue reading]
