Recent Streetsblog USA posts about John Mica

Mica’s Measurements: $230 Billion, Six Years

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 7, 2011 | 4 Comments

Early reports have spilled some of the beans on Rep. John Mica’s proposal for the next transportation reauthorization, which he’s rolling out for reporters in an hour. (Note that he’s still not formally introducing the bill and we’ll have no draft legislative text to pore over. With luck, he’ll at least give a timeline today […]

Finally: Rustlings of a Reauthorization

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 6, 2011 | 1 Comment

First, the House and Senate pledged they’d have a bill marked up by Memorial Day. Then it was definitely going to come in June. (One staffer even told me that they were still planning on it coming “in the spring,” so it would be before the summer solstice — June 21.) But it looks like […]

Rumor Mill: House Leadership Hostile to Transpo Reauthorization

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 28, 2011 | 4 Comments

A few weeks ago, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor published his list of bills the House will attempt to get through before the August recess. The transportation reauthorization was not among them. Rumor has it that House leadership has put the kibosh on Transportation Committee Chair John Mica’s plans to get a bill out of […]

The Economist Issues a Reality Check to Rail Privatization Proponents

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 27, 2011 | 1 Comment

The Economist’s blog on business travel, Gulliver, has a short post this morning about Rep. John Mica’s proposal to privatize the Northeast Corridor. Blogger “N.B.” has a healthy dose of skepticism for arguments on either side but does significantly more damage to Mica’s argument that that of his opponents. Gulliver strikes a blow at the […]

Mica Extends Olive Branch to Amtrak, Dems Pound Rail Privatization Plan

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 23, 2011 | 9 Comments

Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL), the top Democrat on the Railroads Subcommittee, began her remarks at yesterday’s Transportation Committee hearing like this: My notes say that I’m supposed to say, ‘Thank you Mr. Mica for holding today’s hearing.’ I don’t think so. Because I think legislation that affects the entire passenger and freight rail system in […]

Think Privatizing Amtrak Services is a Good Idea? Think Again.

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) is moving forward with his plan to hand over the Northeast Corridor to private companies, despite (or because of) the fact that such a move could write Amtrak’s obituary. Is privatizing the corridor a good move? Mica and Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) say that with the participation of […]

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