Oppose Ag-Only Farm Bill: Spends More Than Senate Bill; Changes Make Subsidies Permanent
July 11, 2013
Congress continues to meet behind closed doors in a Conference Committee to hash out the details of a transportation bill...
In response to growing public opposition, questionable project merit, and an increasingly bloated cost, the California High Speed Rail...
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Mica (R-FL) introduced H.R. 4239 yesterday; a “clean” extension to the...
The Defense Department today gave the public a peek behind the cover of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget request, releasing a report and fact...
The nation’s transportation system — highways, transit lines, aviation, waterways, and ports — is largely supported by a series of...
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) today awarded $511 million worth of grants to support 46 projects in 33 states and...
The latest iteration of the Department of Energy’s FutureGen project (find a timeline here) is a federal initiative to finance and...
House and Senate negotiators have released a final version of the so-called "mini-bus" appropriations bill that will roll three funding...
The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) was adopted by Congress in 1998 to leverage federal resources and...
A large portion of the nation’s 600,000 bridges are in poor condition and require investment to repair or replace. Congress, by virtue of...
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Volume XVIII No. 37
Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...
July 11, 2013