January 5, 2015 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Politico, January 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers from both chambers face a to-do list that includes major legislation affecting just about every mode: aviation, passenger and freight rail, highways, bridges, transit and water resources. Full story:...
December 12, 2014 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, December 11, 2014) NEW YORK — The House and Senate’s effort to keep the federal government operating through the end of fiscal year 2015 was revealed late Tuesday in the form of a trillion-dollar-plus spending bill,...
December 12, 2014 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, December 11, 2014) NEW YORK — The House and Senate’s effort to keep the federal government operating through the end of fiscal year 2015 was revealed late Tuesday in the form of a trillion-dollar-plus spending bill,...
November 21, 2014 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 20, 2014) The House Republican Conference yesterday selected U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) to again serve as chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Full story: Progressive...
November 21, 2014 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 20, 2014) The House Republican Conference yesterday selected U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) to again serve as chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Full story: Progressive...
December 11, 2013 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: National Public Radio, December 10, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional negotiators announced Tuesday that they’d reached a budget proposal to restore about $65 billion worth of sequestration cuts in exchange for cuts elsewhere and additional fees....
October 2, 2013 | Headlines, Legislation, War on Workers
(Source: Associated Press, October 2, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — First slowed, then stalled by political gridlock, the vast machinery of government clanged into partial shutdown mode on Tuesday and President Barack Obama warned the longer it goes “the more...
September 30, 2013 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: USA Today, September 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans and Democrats in Congress are playing pingpong over funding the government and President Obama’s health care law. The first government shutdown since 1996 will occur if lawmakers and the...
April 18, 2013 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 17, 2013) House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) yesterday appointed a new panel charged with examining U.S. freight transportation and how...
March 8, 2013 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: The Hill, March 7, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Longtime Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) won’t seek another Senate term, leaving Democrats to defend a fourth open seat in 2014. He is the fourth Democrat to announce his retirement ahead of the 2014 midterms,...
