Infrastructure Funding in Limbo as House, Senate Weigh Options
The leadership for Senate Republicans and House Democrats announced differing legislative strategies during an economic and health crisis that has prompted several transportation stakeholders to urge emergency assistance.
May 19, 2020Emergency Relief Legislation Shifts Focus From Funding Bills
Debates on COVID-19-related economic measures, which dominate the agenda on Capitol Hill, are overshadowing must-pass legislation that would keep the government funded through fiscal 2021.
May 14, 2020Trump Shines Spotlight on Infrastructure Amid Uncertain Legislative Agenda
President Donald Trump continues to press lawmakers to take up an infrastructure funding package as part of ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts.
April 29, 2020Freight Groups Push for Inclusion in ‘Heroes Fund’
Two groups integral to the distribution of fuel in the country called on Congress to include them in a proposal that would provide essential personnel $25,000 in compensation during the pandemic.
April 21, 2020Congress’ Work Schedule to Resume May 4
Congressional leaders have pushed into May their scheduled return to Washington, continuing work from their home states on recovery efforts related to the coronavirus pandemic and myriad other policy updates.
April 15, 2020Congress Weighs How to Govern From Afar
“Congress” literally means to gather together. But the coronavirus pandemic and election year politics are forcing lawmakers to consider ways of governing from afar, some for the first time in U.S. history.
April 9, 2020House Leaders Call for Commerce Grants Amid Crisis
In an address to the nation, the transportation leader in the U.S. House of Representatives emphasized the critical role of commercial drivers during the coronavirus pandemic.
March 23, 2020Federal Policymakers to Draft Self-Driving Vehicles Bill
WASHINGTON — Policymakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are aiming to draft a bipartisan measure that would guarantee the deployment of lifesaving technologies in self-driving vehicles, the chairman of a key committee said Feb. 11.
February 11, 2020Impeachment Politics Threaten Legislative Agenda, Key Lawmakers Argue
With the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump entering a new phase this month, congressional leaders continue to criticize each other over inaction on legislation to keep the federal government funded through fiscal 2020, a new trade agreement and infrastructure policy.
December 5, 2019Trump Signs Bill to Extend Government Funding
Agencies at the U.S. Department of Transportation and throughout the federal government will continue to operate through Dec. 20 after President Donald Trump signed a monthlong funding bill the Senate passed Nov. 21.
November 21, 2019