Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about U.S. Senate

Government Shutdown to End, Leaving Transit Agencies to Pick Up the Pieces

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 16, 2013 | No Comments

Congratulations, gentle Congresspeople. You have come up with a deeply flawed solution to a problem only you would create. Never mind that it set up another showdown three months from now. The good news is the government shutdown is almost over, for the moment. More than 18,000 furloughed U.S. DOT officials can return to work. […]

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Nine Days in September: Congress’s Chance to Break the Gridlock

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 3, 2013 | No Comments

I hope you all had a good Labor Day. Streetsblog is back to work today, and you probably are too. But Congress? Not until next week. Every time there’s a Monday holiday, Congress takes the whole week off, and they’re milking the last moments of their August recess. It’s no wonder lawmakers are procrastinating. They have […]

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Vitter Seeks to Cut Environmental Reviews for Massive Road Projects

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 30, 2013 | No Comments

Bridges are getting a lot of attention as senators add their two cents to the upper chamber’s transportation budget proposal for next year. The Senate transportation appropriations bill includes $500 million for “bridges in critical corridors” (BRICC), designed as a response to the recent bridge collapse along I-5 in Washington state — home of Senator […]

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At First Hearing, Foxx Defends Projects That Advance the “Public Good”

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 25, 2013 | No Comments

Should the nation’s largest infrastructure loan program finance projects that make the transportation system more productive and efficient? Hell no, says Senator David Vitter, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Hundreds of millions of dollars should be available to any old project that comes along, as long as it has a […]

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T4A Calls for Action Against Dreadful House Transpo Budget

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 19, 2013 | No Comments

Transportation for America is gearing up for a fight over transit, rail, and TIGER funding, and they’re asking supporters of smart transportation investments to make their voices heard. The new budget put forth by the House of Representatives would zero out funds for TIGER, strip $400 million from Amtrak and raid $500 million from a fund […]

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Foxx Rocks Confirmation Hearing, Reveals Some Initial Priorities

By Tanya Snyder | May 23, 2013 | No Comments

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx’s Senate hearing was, by all accounts, the one “oasis of calm” on an otherwise stormy Capitol Hill yesterday. There were no sharp exchanges, no tense moments, not even any particularly tough questions. Two weeks from today, we’ll probably be calling him “Mister Secretary.” Cabinet nominees often spend all their time on […]

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