Recent Streetsblog USA posts about 2009 Transportation Bill

Wall Street Bailout Money For Infrastructure? Maybe Not

By Elana Schor | Dec 8, 2009 | No Comments

President Obama will deliver a speech on job creation this morning in Washington, but one tactic that has won over quite a few Democrats of late — redirecting unspent money from last year’s financial bailout to transportation — may not be as possible as lawmakers had thought. White House economic adviser Larry Summers promised earlier […]

Rendell: National Infrastructure Bank Could Move as Part of New Jobs Bill

By Elana Schor | Dec 7, 2009 | No Comments

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D), who is in Washington today continuing his push for a "front-loaded" federal transportation bill, told Streetsblog Capitol Hill that he sees momentum building for a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) to be created as part of the jobs bill now moving forward in Congress. Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) (Photo: Post-Gazette) Rendell, […]

Senate Version of Wall Street Transportation Tax Coming Next Week

By Elana Schor | Dec 4, 2009 | 8 Comments

Rep. Pete DeFazio (D-OR) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) have officially unveiled their new bill taxing Wall Street transactions to pay for the next long-term transportation bill and other infrastructure needs, and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) is poised to introduce the legislation next week in the upper chamber of Congress. Sens. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Bernie […]

Rendell & Lawmakers Aligning on 2-Year, Treasury-Funded Transport Bill

By Elana Schor | Dec 3, 2009 | No Comments

Senior Democrats in Congress are warming to a new two-year federal transportation bill as a vehicle for upwards of $100 billion in infrastructure spending aimed at job creation — and a key player in building that momentum makes his home far from the Capitol. Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), the co-chairman of Building America’s Future, held […]

Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Blumenauer Talks Economic Recovery

By Elana Schor | Dec 3, 2009 | No Comments

On the issue of clean transportation, from transit to bike paths to clean water, few members of Congress are as knowledgeable or active as Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR). Chief of the Congressional Bicycle Caucus and founder of the new Livable Communities Task Force, the Portland lawmaker is on the front lines of Washington’s biggest infrastructure […]

Why Deficit Politics Matter in the Infrastructure Debate

By Elana Schor | Dec 2, 2009 | 1 Comment

Infrastructure will be on the menu tomorrow when the White House hosts a "jobs summit" aimed at assuaging public concern over mounting unemployment. Labor leaders have vowed to push for new transport projects, and invitee Paul Krugman is already on record backing a Wall Street transaction tax that some House Democrats want to see benefit […]

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