Tag: House Democrats

June 4, 2020

House Democrats’ climate-focused surface transportation reauthorization got skewered on Wednesday by Republicans and some industry groups, including those representing the rail industry and state transportation departments. GOP lawmakers accused House Transportation Chair Peter DeFazio of shutting out Republicans and unveiling […]

May 13, 2020

The country’s transportation agencies would receive a funding boost in a coronavirus economic relief measure House Democrats unveiled May 12. A $3 trillion bill prepared by Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s caucus would provide $15 billion for transportation departments at states and […]

January 31, 2020

House Transportation Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) is already getting an earful from his fellow members after joining Nancy Pelosi to roll out House Democrats’ infrastructure plans. As our Tanya Snyder reports, he’s facing an onslaught of member asks on priorities […]

January 29, 2020

House Democrats are rolling out an infrastructure framework today, anchored by Transportation Chairman Peter DeFazio’s surface transportation bill, which POLITICO got a draft of. The climate-centric proposal will be a radical departure from past highway-era bills, DeFazio said. “It is […]

December 3, 2019

DICKSON HEADING TO THE HILL: The FAA chief will testify Dec. 11 at a House Transportation Committee hearing on the MAX. It’ll be the first time Dickson has appeared at a hearing on the jet and its certification. Dickson became […]

November 22, 2019

Leading Democratic lawmakers in the Connecticut House of Representatives have responded to Gov. Ned Lamont’s transportation investment plan with a proposal to toll only trucks. Lamont’s transportation plan, titled CT2030 and presented Nov. 7, outlines $14 billion in investment for […]

November 14, 2019

DEMOCRATS GEAR UP FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PUSH: House Democrats hope to reset with a $1 trillion infrastructure package, after talks fell apart with the White House in May. As our Tanya Snyder scooped, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan “appears to be a […]

April 12, 2019

SIT-DOWN COMING SOON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Trump are planning to meet in the next few weeks to talk infrastructure, a sign the leaders are still hopeful about pushing a bipartisan plan even as […]