Recent Streetsblog USA posts about James Oberstar

Team Obama’s Transportation Chain of Command: ‘A Bit Complicated’

By Elana Schor | Jul 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

It’s no secret that key leaders of the House transportation panel and the White House economic team don’t get along — from quips about shovel skills to a stimulus "shouting match," committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) and his top lieutenant, Rep. Pete DeFazio (D-OR), have become two of their party’s leading Obama administration skeptics. Rep. […]

Did Pelosi Just Side With Oberstar on the Transpo Bill?

By Elana Schor | Jul 9, 2009 | 5 Comments

That’s the implication of a Roll Call story today that states: "Momentum Builds for Transportation Bill." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (Photo: moniquemonicat.wordpress.com) Here’s how the exchange in question played out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) weekly briefing. Pelosi was asked for her position on a possible second stimulus bill, and she replied: I […]

Flashback: Does the Government Owe Transportation $21 Billion?

By Elana Schor | Jun 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

Welcome to Flashback, a regular feature at Streetsblog Capitol Hill looking back at past transportation policy debates that have the potential to impact the next congressional re-authorization — no matter when it occurs. For today’s installment, let’s start with an interesting comment that Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House transportation committee, made earlier […]

Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: Download it in Full

By Elana Schor | Jun 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar’s (D-MN) new federal bill, which he previewed Wednesday despite pushback from the Obama administration, is officially out. You can download the 775-page legislative text right here, thanks to Transportation for America. Streetsblog Capitol Hill is thumbing through it right now to provide highlights later today.

House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | No Comments

Senior members of the House transportation committee today fired a warning shot at those pushing an 18-month extension of existing federal law, putting the Obama administration and key senators on notice that their $450 billion proposal would move forward this year. How often does this man hold a shovel? (Photo: World Economic Forum via flickr) […]

LaHood Asks For 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law

By Elana Schor | Jun 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is asking Congress to extend the existing federal transportation law for 18 months, averting the coming insolvency of the nation’s highway trust fund while putting off broad-based transport reform for as long as the Bush administration did in the days surrounding the 2004 election. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: AP) LaHood’s […]

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