March 23, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Detroit News, March 21, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A House Republican budget proposal would end all loan programs for green energy efforts — including canceling up to $16 billion in unawarded funds for auto factory retooling — and funds for high-speed rail....
March 23, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation, War on Workers
(Source: Huffington Post, March 23, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A transportation spending bill that Republican leaders were promoting as the centerpiece of their job-creation agenda has instead turned into one of their biggest headaches. The House and Senate are heading...
March 22, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation, War on Workers
(Source: Journal of Commerce, March 21, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the Journal of Commerce, Democratic Senate leaders, along with Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, accused House Republicans of “playing games” and urged them to...
March 21, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Journal of Commerce, March 21, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the Journal of Commerce, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica, R.-Fla., has indicated that House Republicans are unlikely to adopt the Senate’s two-year...
March 21, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Chambersburg Public Opinion, March 20, 2012) CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The bi-partisan transportation bill recently passed by the Senate has the potential to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars into rail freight improvements, according to the Tri-State...
March 20, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation, Short Line
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 19, 2012) A one-year extension of the Section 45G short-line tax credit was not incorporated into Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (S. 1813), the two-year, $109 billion surface transportation bill the Senate...
March 20, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Huffington Post, March 19, 2012) HOBOKEN, N.J. — Federal and state leaders pleaded Monday with House Speaker John Boehner to take up the Senate’s transportation bill, which passed last week, but faces an uncertain future in the House. Boehner has yet to...
March 15, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Huffington Post, March 14, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gas prices are up. More people are relying on mass transit instead of driving their own cars. But the transportation bill the Senate will consider on Tuesday does very little to help shift Americans away...
March 15, 2012 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, Legislation
(Source: Erie Times-News, March 15, 2012) ERIE, Pa. — A new definition of “high speed” could help GE Transportation compete for high-speed rail contracts. The Senate passed a transportation bill on Wednesday that included an amendment, which lowered the...
March 15, 2012 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: New York Times, March 15, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate easily approved a two-year, $109 billion transportation and infrastructure bill on Wednesday, putting pressure on House Republicans to set aside their stalled version and pass the Senate’s before...
