Transportation & Infrastructure

 
 
Fight to allow weapons aboard Amtrak trains could derail transportation bill
Walter Alarkon - 10/25/09 03:57 PM ET

A push in Congress for broader gun rights is threatening to derail Amtrak and stall a transportation spending bill.

Advocates for high-speed rail lobby for more after $8 billion in stimulus
Walter Alarkon - 10/22/09 05:00 AM ET

Just months after winning $8 billion for high-speed rail projects in the stimulus, mass transportation advocates are pressing Senate appropriators for billions more in the 2010 Department of Transportation spending bill.

Democrats decry Republican Party as sexist, out of touch and ‘extreme’
Michael O’Brien - 10/07/09 07:37 PM ET

Democrats are seizing on a GOP press release that said Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be “put in her place.”

Transportation bill hits roadblock
Walter Alarkon - 09/11/09 05:20 AM ET

Backers of the transportation bill have moved to option B — a three-month extension of the existing law.

Appointments September 9, 2009
The Hill Staff - 09/10/09 05:46 PM ET

• President Barack Obama nominated Barbara Bennett to become the chief financial officer of the Environmental Protection Agency. Bennett is a former senior executive vice president and CFO of Discovery Communications. She has worked as a consultant since 2007, and has served on the board of the National Rehabilitation Hospital and directs the investment committee of Presbyterian Homes & Family Services.

Union boasts of influence it has on White House
Nanette Light - 08/06/09 03:10 AM ET
A major transportation union this week publicly boasted of the political influence it wields with the White House, but subsequently apologized to a congressional panel for the remark on Wednesday night.
War supplemental passes after photo settlement
J. Taylor Rushing - 06/18/09 12:23 PM ET
The Senate late Thursday passed a $106 billion military supplemental to fund the U.S. military’s efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan after unraveling a controversy over photos of detainee abuse.
Oberstar blasts White House, accelerates highway bill
Kevin Bogardus - 06/18/09 11:17 AM ET

Lawmakers pushed back aggressively against the Obama administration Thursday as they moved forward with the long-anticipated highway bill.

Auto lobbies seek cash for clunkers
Ashley Perks - 06/16/09 02:20 PM ET
Automakers and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union urged lawmakers this week to oppose efforts to remove money for a “cash for clunkers” program from the war supplemental bill.
Gas-tax push makes some Dems nervous
Mike Soraghan - 06/04/09 03:20 AM ET

Vulnerable Democrats, already biting their nails about the cost of cap-and-trade and healthcare legislation, are blanching at the idea that the House could take up a gas tax.

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