Recent Streetsblog USA posts about John Mica

House Working on Transpo Extension, Buying Time for Backwards Bill

By Ben Goldman | Mar 20, 2012 | No Comments

It looks like everyone who bet on “extension” can collect their winnings. As expected, the House will not vote on the Senate’s transportation bill before the current transportation law expires on March 31, opting instead to buy more time with a stopgap measure. They will likely use that time to try whip up support for […]

House Won’t Take Up Senate Transpo Bill as March 31 Deadline Looms

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 16, 2012 | 1 Comment

So much for bipartisanship. Even though his efforts to whip his party into passing a five-year transportation bill that attacks transit, biking, and walking have been fruitless, House Speaker John Boehner isn’t about to follow through on his threat to take up the Senate’s two-year bill. That bill passed with 22 GOP ayes (and 22 nays) […]

John Mica Sidelined by House Leadership for Transpo Bill Rewrite

By Ben Goldman | Mar 6, 2012 | 2 Comments

CQ and AmericaBikes are reporting that Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-FL) has received a rebuke from House leadership, and will play a lesser role as the House reworks its foundering transportation bill. Mica will retain his chairmanship, but he will take a back seat to Railroad Subcommittee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). According […]

House Scales Back Transpo Bill But Keeps on Attacking Safe Streets

By Ben Goldman | Mar 1, 2012 | 2 Comments

UPDATE (3:45 p.m.): Citing a lack of support from his colleagues, Speaker John Boehner has dropped his 18-month transportation proposal and has not yet offered an alternative, according to Politico. “A five-year bill is the best way to do this,” he said. We’ve known for a few days now that the House, in the wake […]

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 […]

LaHood Defends High-Speed Rail Program At House Hearing

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 6, 2011 | 11 Comments

It’s Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s birthday, and he’s spending it testifying before the House Transportation Committee. The hearing is on “Mistakes & Lessons Learned” from the high-speed rail program, but — no surprise here — LaHood and House Republicans have differing ideas about what “mistakes” have been made. Here are some highlights. Chair John Mica […]

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