Recent Streetsblog USA posts about U.S. Senate

Boxer and Inhofe Make Their Offer to the House, Try to Avoid 10th Extension

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

The time-and-venue change for Sen. Barbara Boxer’s press conference earlier today was apparently due to the fact that she was taking care of critical business: hand-delivering the Senate’s latest offer to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Chair John Mica (R-FL) wasn’t there to personally receive the document, which EPW Ranking Member James Inhofe joined Boxer […]

Stakeholders Beg Conferees to Stop Acting Like Children

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

Sen. Barbara Boxer’s noon press conference started out as a bit of a mess. The Senate press gallery announced it was canceled five minutes before it was due to start. Then three minutes later, the EPW committee sent out a notice that the event had changed locations and would start 20 minutes later. Needless to […]

Boxer to Speak to Reporters, Address Cloud Over Conference Committee

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 5, 2012 | No Comments

Sen. Barbara Boxer is due to speak to reporters in about an hour about the goings-on in the conference committee. The mood has turned dark in the past few days, but she’s kept a positive attitude, saying, “It’s been wonderful.” Boxer used the anemic jobs report yesterday to underscore the need to pass a bill […]

Clues Hint at Souring Negotiations in Transpo Bill Conference

By Ben Goldman | May 31, 2012 | No Comments

Politico Pro Transportation put out a news blast today that threw some light into the inky shadows of the conference committee process, and what we saw there doesn’t look too pretty. Apparently Sen. Barbara Boxer has reason to believe negotiations aren’t going so well, “after a House GOP conferee criticized her for ‘stonewalling’ the lower […]

Tea Party Republicans Take Aim at Bike-Ped Funding in Conference

By Tanya Snyder | May 23, 2012 | 5 Comments

Although Senate Republicans had hoped the carefully crafted compromise over the Transportation Enhancements program would stand, some House members are stating their insistence that the program be stripped out entirely in conference. Transportation Enhancements is the primary source of funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects. It comprises less than two percent of total federal transportation […]

From a Reader: Seven More Questions For the Transportation Conference

By Tanya Snyder | May 17, 2012 | 3 Comments

Last week, I published a list of seven questions I had as the Transportation Conference Committee started meeting. I was examining the politics, not the policy. Turns out some readers wanted to hear more about the policy. I asked the Cap’n what his questions would be. The reply: Meanwhile, reader Ryan Richter sent in his […]

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