July 30, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Kathryn A. Wolfe appeared on the Congressional Quarterly website on July 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the now-familiar pattern of defeating virtually all anti-earmark amendments before passing spending bills, the House last week approved...
July 17, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Christian Bourge appeared at GovExec.com on July 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Tuesday will appoint conferees on a massive bill implementing unfulfilled recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, but not before the measure is combined with...
June 26, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by Amy Worden, Mario F. Cattabiani and Thomas Fitzgerald appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on June 26.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Debate raged for five hours last night on a state House plan that would for the first time provide dedicated...
June 21, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by Aaron Sadler was circulated by the Arkansas News Bureau on June 21.) WASHINGTON — Rep. John Boozman on Wednesday withdrew a controversial measure opposed by Amtrak and the passenger rail industry. Instead Boozman, R-Rogers, said he...
June 20, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on June 19.) WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leaders moved Tuesday to force a vote on organized labor’s top legislative priority, a bill that would make it far easier to organize...
May 23, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press Writer circulated the following story by Devlin Barrett on May 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — New York’s two senators said Tuesday that recent train wrecks in upstate New York show Congress must put new teeth into the rail safety agency one called...
May 14, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following column by Eric Aasmundstad, Robert Carlson, Steve Strege, Dan Wogsland and Neal Fisher appeared on The Forum website on May 14. Aasmundstad is president of the N.D. Farm Bureau; Carlson is president of the N.D. Farmers Union; Strege is executive vice...
March 28, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Security
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jim Abrams on March 27.) WASHINGTON — The House took steps Tuesday to make the nation’s rail and public transit systems safer from terrorist attack, focusing on an area that many say has been ignored in...
March 15, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Sarah Karush on March 15.) WASHINGTON — The Senate’s budget plan includes a boon for Amtrak – $1.78 billion for intercity passenger rail, nearly twice the amount proposed by President Bush and even...
March 12, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Gannett News Service circulated the following article by Raju Chebium on March 12.) WASHINGTON — States are rallying behind an Amtrak bill co-sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg because for the first time it would provide millions of dollars to run more trains...
