• Tag Archives: Highway Trust Fund

    TN MOVING STORIES: FAA Funding Agreement Reached; Tappan Zee Bridge Tolls’ Worst Case Scenario; MTA, Union Resume Talks

    Lawmakers say they’ve reached an agreement on a $63 billion, four-year bill to fund the FAA. Security video in the NYC death of cyclist Mathieu...

    House GOP Unveils 5-Year, $260 Transpo Bill

    House Republicans rolled out parts of a $260 billion transportation infrastructure bill Tuesday, casting the legislation as a major vehicle for job creation and energy...

    Boehner: Keystone XL to Ride on GOP’s Highway Bill

    House Republicans intend to use their upcoming highway and infrastructure bill to push for approval of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, Speaker John Boehner...

    House GOP Marries Domestic Energy to Transportation Funds

    House Republicans unveiled the outlines of a transportation authorization bill Thursday, relying on controversial methods of paying for highways that are already arousing the ire...

    Boehner to Unveil 5-Year Transpo Bill Thursday

    (Washington, D.C) House Republicans will unveil a  five-year transportation and highway bill Thursday that matches Senate Democrats in highway funding levels, according to a member...

    No-Drama Extensions for FAA, Transpo, on Tap in Congress

    Washington, DC — Even the most rabid prize fighters go to their corners to rest. Just six weeks after an ugly and embarrassing showdown that...

    House Extends Trust Fund, Awaiting a Fight

    (Washington, D.C.–Todd Zwillich) The House voted on Wednesday to extend the nation’s surface transportation law, forestalling an inevitable debate on how to restructure highway funding...

    Interview: John Mica says Transpo Bill Needs “Alternate Means of Financing”

    Transportation Nation’s Todd Zwillich spoke with Republican John Mica, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, about rumors of raiding the Highway Trust Fund,...

    Republicans Say Highway Trust Fund Won’t Be Raided

    [UPDATED: With added quotes.] (Washington, D.C. — Todd Zwillich, Transportation Nation) Republicans in the House of Representatives say they’ve been reassured by their newly-empowered leadership...

    House GOP Majority Passes New Rule: It Can Now “Reappropriate” Transportation Funds

    (Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) Despite protests from an unusually broad coalition of transportation groups — from the highways lobby to the New York transit system,...