Recent Streetsblog USA posts about 2009 Transportation Bill

Blumenauer: Let’s Redirect Wall Street Bailout Money to Infrastructure

By Elana Schor | Dec 1, 2009 | No Comments

The war in Afghanistan and the health care bill are consuming much of Washington’s oxygen today, but looming in the background is a high-stakes clash over what to do with an estimated $210 billion in unspent and returned cash from the government’s rescue of Wall Street. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) (Photo: Airdye.com) A growing bloc […]

LaHood: Gas Tax Increase in Congressional Hands

By Elana Schor | Nov 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

As Congress maneuvers to end the political impasse over the next long-term national transportation bill, lawmakers are going to have to debate an increase in the federal gas tax, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: Getty Images) In his remarks at a Fort Worth transportation meeting, first reported by the […]

DeFazio, Perlmutter Drafting New Version of Wall Street Transport Tax

By Elana Schor | Nov 24, 2009 | 6 Comments

Reps. Pete DeFazio (D-OR) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) are working on a broader version of the former lawmaker’s plan to pay for U.S. infrastructure investment by imposing a small tax on stock transactions, despite a note of caution sounded last week by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) (Photo: AP) The new […]

Pelosi: Passing a Wall Street Transport Tax Would Require Overseas Buy-in

By Elana Schor | Nov 19, 2009 | No Comments

Any proposal to fund new U.S. infrastructure investment by taxing financial transactions — such as Rep. Pete DeFazio’s (D-OR) bill taxing Wall Street oil speculators — would require international participation to prevent the trades in question from migrating overseas, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said today. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Photo: MoniqueMonicat) As House Democrats […]

‘This Needs Attention’: Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation

By Elana Schor | Nov 18, 2009 | No Comments

Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and fellow lawmakers today pressed the Obama administration to take a more active role in ending the current political stalemate over federal transportation funding, but the sense of urgency they sought emerged only intermittently during an 80-minute session on infrastructure. Deputy U.S. Transportation Secretary John Porcari (Photo: DayLife.com) […]

3 GOPers, 4 Dems Ask Reid to Call Up Six-Month Transport Bill Extension

By Elana Schor | Nov 17, 2009 | No Comments

The senior Republicans on three of the Senate’s four infrastructure-centric committees today signed a bipartisan letter asking the leaders of Congress’ upper chamber to call up a six-month extension of the 2005 transportation law. Senate environment chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (Photo: Politics Now) In the letter, Sens. Jim Inhofe (OK), Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), and […]

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