Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Earl Blumenauer

Lawmakers Introduce Reality-Based Plan to Achieve “Freedom From Oil”

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 2, 2011 | 12 Comments

Members of Congress of all stripes are trying to show that they’re concerned and responsive to the financial strain caused by high gas prices. Some are recommending more oil drilling. Some want to end subsidies to oil companies. Today, members of the Congressional Livable Communities Task Force suggested that providing more diverse transportation options to more people […]

How Would Blumenauer’s New Commuter Benefit Proposal Work?

By Tanya Snyder | May 11, 2011 | 21 Comments

If you drive to work, you can get a $230 monthly parking benefit, subsidized by the federal government and paid through your employer. If you take transit, right now you can get up to $230 per month, but the cap may revert to $120 when the current transit benefit law expires this fall. And if you […]

Amidst Budget Impasse, GOP Tries and Fails to Gut Clean Air Act

By Kathryn Reid Moore | Apr 7, 2011 | 1 Comment

With budget talks reaching a critical pass to avert a government shutdown, House Republicans have been busy passing an ideological wishlist, including an attempt to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from “raising taxes.” H.R. 910, which they are calling the “Energy Tax Prevention Act” would undermine the EPA’s ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from […]

House Members Make Their Case for Transpo Investment (and Earmarks)

By Kathryn Reid Moore | Apr 5, 2011 | 3 Comments

While House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan grabbed headlines with the release of a fiscal plan that would severely constrain the federal transportation program (more on that later), the theme of the day at the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was the desperate need to invest in infrastructure, as members of Congress provided their own proposals […]

House Democrats Begin to Push Back on Draconian GOP Spending Cuts

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

Hasn’t it felt lately like Capitol Hill is in some kind of bizarre vortex? On one hand, everyone acknowledges the November election was all about “jobs, jobs, jobs.” And President Obama is pushing for some serious government investment in passenger rail and other infrastructure projects to create jobs and build the foundation for economic growth. […]

Voices From the Rail~Volution

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 25, 2010 | No Comments

Streetfilms was out in Portland at this year’s Rail~Volution conference, putting our finger on the pulse of the sustainable transportation world. We spoke to a healthy dose of this year’s attendees, including advocates, bloggers, planners, transit industry reps and members of transportation agencies across the country. Among those we heard from was Congressman Earl Blumenauer, […]

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