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Another GOP Transportation Proposal That’s Really All About Oil Drilling

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 9, 2011 | No Comments

Democrats in the Senate Finance Committee have been working to find $12 billion to fund the transportation bill for the next two years. All their proposals have met with rejection from the committee’s Republicans. Here’s why: The Republicans have been holding out for a funding mix that would include their favorite Christmas presents — oil […]

Taxpayer Group: GOP Drill Bill “Not a Responsible Budget Approach”

By Kathryn Reid Moore | Nov 21, 2011 | 1 Comment

From an environmental perspective, the House GOP proposal to fund infrastructure with fees on fossil fuel extraction is clearly a disaster. But does it even pass the smell test from a dollars-and-cents perspective? On Friday, House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources discussed legislation to open up the Central Gulf of Mexico, the Outer Continental […]

Boehner Touts Vague Outline of Oil Drilling + Transpo Bill

By Bill Straub | Nov 17, 2011 | 3 Comments

Domestic oil drilling would increase exponentially under a proposal that the House GOP is developing as part of its legislative package for long-term transportation policy. John Boehner outlined the basics of the package today. Boehner said the bill, dubbed the “American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act,’’ will be filed soon and that he anticipates the lower […]

No Details Yet on House Transportation and Oil Drilling Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 17, 2011 | 4 Comments

House leaders did not unveil a bill at their press conference this morning. House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica said the bill, when it is released, will: consolidate duplicative parts of the federal transportation system shift responsibility to states and local governments to move transportation projects forward increase the ability to leverage financial resources significantly […]

House GOP Takes the Plunge, Unveils Transportation and Energy Plan Today

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 17, 2011 | No Comments

UPDATE 12:00: Leaders did not introduce a bill, but outlined their plan in rather vague terms. More to come. At 11:15 this morning, House Speaker John Boehner, House Transportation Chair John Mica, Natural Resources Chair Doc Hastings (R-WA) and Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) will take the podium to unveil their transportation and energy bill. It’s […]

Mica Warns Boxer on Highway Trust Fund; House Plans Hearing on “Drill Bill”

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 15, 2011 | 6 Comments

“I want to congratulate you on your Committee’s approval of the ‘Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,” begins House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica’s letter yesterday to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee. From there, the letter changes tone: However, I am concerned that the Senate two-year […]

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