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Sanford joins House Transportation Committee
(Photo: Mike Renlund / Flickr)
The House of Representatives today approved recently-elected Congressman Mark Sanford (R-SC) to be appointed to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, officials announced today.
According to a report from The Hill, Sanford, who was elected ... Read More...
Rahall: 2014 reauthorization to be different from MAP-21
Nick Rahall
Ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) committee and West Virginia veteran Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) believes reauthorization in 2014 will be a far different process than the contentious and almost-failed MAP-21 work of 2012.
Speaking to ... Read More...
Depends what you mean by “relevant” or “earmark.”
When it comes to transportation infrastructure, what is "relevant" and what is an "earmark?"
The debate arises courtesy of Minnesota Republican Representative and former Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann. And while the debate comes from a meeting where she spoke, it is ... Read More...
Reauthorization, deficit spending and flying pigs
One less funding option for reauthorization.
"Deficit spending is not the answer," Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said this week in Harrisburg, PA. It probably never was, but it has been used ... Read More...
BREAKING: Shuster votes for ‘No Budget, No Pay’ Act
Congressman Bill Shuster (9th District-Pa.) voted today for the No Budget, No Pay Act, which requires that the House and Senate adopt budget resolutions for Fiscal Year 2014 or they will not be paid, according to a press statement just ... Read More...
Whispering the T Word
TAX!
Nothing like shouting a three-letter word ending in X to get your attention. But no, we’re not talking income tax.
The gas tax is back on a table in Washington. The 18.3 cents a gallon tax, un-indexed and unchanged in almost ... Read More...
