Recent Streetsblog USA posts about National Infrastructure Bank

Cantor Orders Up Tax Cuts, Hold the Jobs

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 3, 2011 | No Comments

Congressional insiders say that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is refusing to hold an “all or nothing” vote on President Obama’s jobs bill. Cantor says he’ll bring “elements” of the bill to the floor but not the whole bill. It’s pretty clear which elements Cantor approves of. He expressed his preferences soon after the president unveiled […]

Obama: “I Will Veto Any Bill” Without Tax Increases on the Wealthy

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 19, 2011 | 8 Comments

In a Rose Garden speech this morning, President Obama soundly rejected Republicans’ push to address the deficit exclusively through spending cuts with no tax increases. He was responding to House Speaker John Boehner, who said last week that tax increases were “off the table.” The outcome of the current deficit-cutting fight could have significant implications […]

Politico Reporter Tweets That Senate Will Take Up Infrastructure Bank Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 14, 2011 | No Comments

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Obama Includes Infra Bank in His Jobs Push; Mica Rejects It Out of Hand

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 9, 2011 | 5 Comments

Last night, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to present his new jobs plan, a bill he’s calling the American Jobs Act. He relied on the well-worn appeal to people’s patriotic competitiveness by pointing out that China is improving its infrastructure while the U.S. is sitting idly by. Without mentioning the dollar figure […]

Boxer Confirms Bike-Ped Funding, Gang of Six Loves infrastructure Spending

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 21, 2011 | 6 Comments

At today’s hearing, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee celebrated the bipartisan consensus it has reached on a new transportation reauthorization – but details of that consensus are still not public. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) did confirm that dedicated federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian programs remains in the bill. Addressing LA Mayor Antonio […]

Senate Leaders Vow to “Marry” Competing Infrastructure Bank Proposals

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 20, 2011 | 1 Comment

At a Commerce Committee hearing today, Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) spoke out in favor of their infrastructure bank proposal, while Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and John Rockefeller (D-WV) championed their own legislation. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who is a member of the Commerce Committee as well as chair of the Environment […]

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