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Inhofe: Obama’s $500 billion to $600 billion reauthorization bill “not going to happen”
Jim Inhofe
Oklahoma conservative Republican Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who has "been through," as a he puts it, eight reauthorization bills, said after hearing outgoing Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood say President Obama's goal was $500 billion to $600 billion ... Read More...
America’s supertrains are running late
(Photo: California High-Speed Rail Authority)
Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga high speed rail unit? Or maybe we’re riding on the bullet train they call the City of New Orleans?
We have our old trains. But will new high speed ... Read More...
Obama signs memorandum to expedite infrastructure projects
(Photo: Matt H. Wade / Wikipedia)
President Obama on Friday signed a Presidential Memorandum intended to decrease review and approval times for major infrastructure projects, according to WhiteHouse.gov.
The memorandum, “Modernizing Federal Infrastructure Review and Permitting Regulations, Policies, and Procedures,” follows ... Read More...
Senate committee on transportation to move quickly on Foxx nomination, Rockefeller says
Jay Rockefeller
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) said Monday that his panel would move quickly to hold a confirmation hearing on President Obama's nomination of Anthony Foxx as the next Secretary of Transportation, The Hill ... Read More...
Obama expected to nominate Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary
Anthony Foxx
President Obama is expected to nominate Anthony Foxx, mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, as his new transportation secretary today, USA Today reported.
If the Senate approves, Foxx will replace Ray LaHood.
Foxx has led several transit infrastructure efforts in his ... Read More...
Obama’s budget leaves out funding for transportation projects, Shuster says
On Wednesday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Representative Bill Shuster said President Obama did not include a way to pay for the transportation projects in his proposed budget, The Hill reported.
The proposed budget calls for $50 billion in infrastructure spending, ... Read More...
Obama’s FY2014 transportation budget: B+, maybe
Just what does transportation infrastructure get out of the President’s FY2014 budget?
To be sort of ho hum about it, it’s what I think we expected; it’s okay but it doesn’t change much and it doesn’t knock your socks off.
It could ... Read More...
Obama’s 2014 budget provides $50 billion increase in infrastructure spending
President Barack Obama on April 10 presented Congress with a $3.8 trillion budget plan for the 2014 fiscal year, which includes $50 billion for infrastructure spending, according to the Associated Press.
The $50 billion is intended for infrastructure investments and includes ... Read More...
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What our governors and others want in a reauthorization bill
Any surface transportation reauthorization bill will give state, regional and local agencies a bigger say — to what degree and with what caveats/catches is still ... Read More...
