Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about House of Representatives

Transpo’s Losses in First Round of Spending Cuts Look Worse Than They Are

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 7, 2011 | No Comments

The two houses of Congress were so much at odds over the Republicans’ proposed spending cuts that they needed two more weeks to bicker about it. So last week, they pushed off a little longer final passage of the budget for a fiscal year that started five months ago. But in order to even pass […]

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AASHTO: Government Shutdown Could Cost Transportation Sector $100M/Day

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 28, 2011 | No Comments

If the House, Senate, and President Obama don’t agree on a course of action by the end of this week, the U.S. will be left with no federal budget, and the government will shut down. Transit agencies and construction interests don’t seem alarmed, but the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials estimates that […]

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Road Interests Crowd Transpo Bill Panels in Indiana and Chicago

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 23, 2011 | No Comments

Road interests continued to dominate the discussion as members of Congress wound their way through Chicago and Indiana this weekend, gathering feedback for the six-year transportation reauthorization bill. While Streetsblog couldn’t be at every hearing, some of the dedicated souls who belong to the Streetsblog Network were there to document discussions on state and regional […]

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Highways Take Center Stage at Columbus Transpo Field Hearing

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 23, 2011 | No Comments

Make federal transportation dollars more flexible. Tie infrastructure investment to economic development. Streamline the construction process. Those were the suggestions of a panel of Ohio officials at a Congressional Field Hearing on Transportation held Saturday in Columbus. In a conversation that focused heavily on roads and highways, Ohio leaders implored the federal government to reduce […]

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How Hard Will the Senate Fight Back Against House Spending Cuts?

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 22, 2011 | No Comments

Members of Congress worked all day Friday, until 4:42 Saturday morning, to finish voting on hundreds of amendments and, finally, the final HR 1 bill to set spending levels for the rest of 2011. In the end, the budget bill they passed included 400 amendments and would cut $61 billion out of everything from Planned […]

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GOP Targets Transportation and Housing For the Deepest Cuts

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 4, 2011 | No Comments

The House Appropriations Committee yesterday gave a glimpse into their plans to cut spending as promised. Chair Hal Rogers (R-KY) set spending ceilings each of the 12 Appropriations subcommittees, cutting the budget for the Transportation and HUD Subcommittee by 17 percent, or $11.6 billion. It is, by far, the most dramatic of all the cuts. […]

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