Tag: infrastructure package

June 24, 2022

Road, rail and port projects may have to be curtailed or delayed because of the effect that rising inflation is having on the purchasing power of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill enacted last year. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act […]

June 25, 2021

President Joe Biden announced he and a group of more than 20 Congressmembers had reached a deal on a new $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is the largest long-term investment in America’s infrastructure in nearly a […]

November 15, 2019

THE ‘TRUMP FACTOR’ IN DEMOCRATS’ NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PUSH: Drag your Infrastructure Week jokes out of the closet again, folks. House Democrats held a caucus meeting Thursday on their plans for infrastructure and trade, which appear to be what they want […]

May 8, 2019

After recent hurricanes destroyed transportation corridors in the Southeast part of the country, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Democrats on Capitol Hill ramped up their calls for rebuilding infrastructure that would be far more resilient. They argue that […]

April 29, 2019

THE MAIN EVENT: Forget the Mueller report for a moment. Cast aside your hot takes on Joe Biden entering the presidential race. The big news of the week is the meeting between Trump and congressional Democrats on infrastructure. The Portland […]

February 28, 2019

THE SITDOWN: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) met with Chao Wednesday morning, according to the DOT boss, who didn’t elaborate on what they discussed. She also made comments on Congress’ role in driving an infrastructure package and […]

February 8, 2019

— House lawmakers took the first public step toward an infrastructure package with a hearing that lasted more than six hours and featured optimism, worry and an appearance from former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. — The Green New Deal stirred […]

February 4, 2019

— It’s a big week for infrastructure. President Donald Trump has a chance to lay out his policy priorities with the State of the Union address Tuesday night, and hopes are high that he’ll renew his call for a big […]

December 21, 2018

Remember how President Donald Trump was said to be all on board with working with Democrats on an infrastructure package? Not so fast… after failing to secure border wall funding in a year-end spending deal, he tweeted: “The Democrats, who […]