Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about U.S. Senate

Congress Gets Project Lists for Jobs Bill: $15B for Transit, $48B for Roads

By Elana Schor | Dec 2, 2009 | No Comments

AASHTO’s chart of projects deemed "ready to go" by its members. As Democrats in both chambers of Congress work on drafting new economic recovery legislation, they now have a preliminary list of how much spending can be set in motion on short notice: $15 billion for transit projects and $48 billion for highway projects. Those […]

Bipartisan Support Builds for Six-Month Extension of Current Transpo Law

By Elana Schor | Nov 18, 2009 | No Comments

The senior Republicans on three of the Senate’s four infrastructure-centric committees signed a bipartisan letter on Tuesday asking the leaders of Congress’ upper chamber to call up a six-month extension of the 2005 transportation law. Senate environment chairman Barbara Boxer. Photo: Politics Now In the letter, Sens. Jim Inhofe (OK), Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), and […]

Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP

By Elana Schor | Nov 5, 2009 | No Comments

The Senate environment committee approved its climate change bill today on a 10-1 vote, shrugging off a boycott by all of the panel’s Republicans but missing out on the chance to consider amendments to the lengthy legislation. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (Photo: AP) The environment panel’s chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) had offered Republicans several days […]

Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener

By Elana Schor | Oct 28, 2009 | 7 Comments

As the Senate opened its second round of climate change hearings today, Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter delivered the urban case for climate legislation, outlining an array of infrastructure improvements and green reforms that would be made possible by federal action to reduce carbon emissions. A sample image of Philadelphia’s proposed "green corridors." (Image: Lomo Civic […]

Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week

By Elana Schor | Oct 27, 2009 | No Comments

Before week’s end, the Senate will pass a six-month extension of the nation’s four-year-old transportation law — setting the stage for another showdown with the House, where transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar remains on the fence about abandoning the push for a new long-term bill before 2010. Photo: USGS.gov Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) […]

Senate Climate Bill Triples the House’s Investments in Clean Transportation

By Elana Schor | Oct 26, 2009 | No Comments

The Senate environment committee released new details of its climate change legislation over the weekend, including the share of "emissions allowances" — the revenue generated by regulating carbon in a cap-and-trade system — that the bill would reserve for various sectors of the American economy. Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the climate […]

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