Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Barack Obama

Obama Wants to Study Viability of Mileage-Based Fee for Transpo Revenue

By Tanya Snyder | May 5, 2011 | 13 Comments

Thanks to The Hill and CQ for reading President Obama’s transportation bill draft [PDF] more thoroughly than I did – they discovered a significant detail that I’d missed. Despite his administration’s insistence that they won’t consider an increase in the gas tax or other user fees, Obama’s bill includes language establishing a Surface Transportation Revenue […]

President Obama’s Transportation Bill Prioritizes Livability, High-Speed Rail

By Tanya Snyder | May 4, 2011 | 15 Comments

A draft of the president’s full transportation bill [PDF], obtained by the semi-underground Transportation Weekly, has started floating around Beltway policy circles. This draft is more informative than the partial bill that started making the rounds last week, but it’s still undated and it’s not necessarily the final proposal. The draft bill closely follows the […]

President Obama Expected to Release Proposed Transportation Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 29, 2011 | 5 Comments

The news agency BNA is reporting that the president appears likely to release his proposed draft of a transportation bill soon. The administration is circulating a partial draft of its proposed bill [PDF], signaling that a release could be imminent. The administration rarely writes its own legislative language to submit to Congress, and indeed, the language […]

Obama’s Deficit Reduction Plan Will Look Beyond the “Twelve Percent”

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

President Obama just finished his speech at George Washington University. He drew a sharp line between the Republican budget proposal and his own vision for reducing the deficit while preserving the social safety net. The most important thing the president did for transportation in his speech is steer the scrutiny away from the 12 percent […]

House Dems Release Alternative to GOP Budget, Separate From Obama

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 13, 2011 | No Comments

With the FY2011 budget finally settled, it’s time for Washington to start fighting over 2012. President Obama released his 2012 budget proposal in February. The Republicans introduced theirs last week. And the House Democrats have just released theirs [PDF]. Meanwhile, President Obama is giving a speech in just a few hours on his plan to […]

“Drill Baby Drill” Won’t Solve America’s Energy Problems

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

House Republicans are calling for offshore oil drilling as an answer to foreign oil dependency and high gas prices — and they’re not the only ones. President Obama recently announced his intention to cut oil imports by one-third by 2025, partly by increasing domestic production was the answer to the country’s energy woes. In his speech announcing […]

Show More Stories