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2009 Transportation Bill

November 2009
Thu 19: Pelosi: Passing a Wall Street Transport Tax Would Require Overseas Buy-in 0
Wed 18: 'This Needs Attention': Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation 0
Tue 17: 3 GOPers, 4 Dems Ask Reid to Call Up Six-Month Transport Bill Extension 0
Tue 17: Introducing the Samuelson Gas Tax Increase: A Penny Every Month 0
Fri 13: Voinovich Has a Job-Creation Proposal for the President 0
Fri 6: 'The Concrete is Cracking': Front-Loaded New Transport Bill Gains Steam 3
October 2009
Thu 29: The New Curveball: A $150 Billion Transportation Down Payment 0
Thu 29: Inhofe Blasts Transport Bill Inaction That Comes From His Own Party 1
Wed 28: Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest 1
Tue 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
Fri 23: Senate Signals 6-Month Delay for Transport Bill -- But Will the House Agree? 0
Mon 19: What the Virginia Campaign Can Teach Us About Transportation Policy 2
Fri 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries 'Lack of Political Will' 0
Thu 15: Construction Industry and Green Group Join Hands on Clean Diesel 0
Tue 13: Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill 1
Fri 9: Bridging the Local-National Message Divide: The Climate Bill is the Answer 0
Thu 8: Streetsblog Q&A: Bush DOT Chief Backs Transport Tech Funding 0
Tue 6: Is a Bigger Transportation Bill -- This Year -- Back on the Table? 1
Mon 5: Congress' Transport Impasse Hits States -- and Not Just Their Road Funds 1
Thu 1: GOP Blocks Plan to Use Bailout Fund to Preserve $8.7B in Transport Money 0
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Passes One-Month Extension of Transport Law ... For Now 0
Tue 29: Could Congress Let States (Start to) Lose $8.7 Billion in Road Money? 0
Thu 24: Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month 1
Wed 23: House Voting Today on Transport Law Extension -- Or Not? 2
Wed 23: Would Real Men Tax Gas? A Test for Tom Friedman 1
Tue 22: Business Lobby to Senate: No, Stimulus Won't Do Enough for Transport 0
Tue 22: Oberstar's 3-Month Transport Bill Extension Heading to House Floor 0
Thu 17: Oberstar to Back 3-Month Delay in Transport Bill As Soon As Next Week 0
Thu 17: A Few Words on Transportation User Fees 1
Wed 16: Conservatives: If We Can't Kill Off the U.S. DOT, Let's 'Fix' It! 3
Wed 16: New Investigation Finds 2,100 Transport Lobbyists Working the System 0
Mon 14: Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup 0
Tue 8: Compromise or Concession: Congress Faces Tough Transport Choices 0
Thu 3: Understanding the Importance of Land Use 0
August 2009
Wed 12: Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar's Bill 1
Mon 10: 30 House Dems Back Transportation Tax on Wall Street Oil Speculators 0
Tue 4: "Build America Bonds" Having a Big Week -- Is the Transport Bill Next? 0
Mon 3: How -- and When -- Can D.C. Help Local Transport Reform Happen? 0
July 2009
Fri 31: What Wasn't in This Week's Highway Trust Fund Patch 0
Thu 30: McCain & Coburn: Let's Make Roads Safer -- by Slashing Safety Money 0
Thu 30: Senate Debating House's $7B Trust Fund Fix, With 4 GOP Amendments 0
Tue 28: House to Move Tomorrow on $5B Highway Trust Fund Patch 0
Mon 27: A Make-or-Break Week for Transportation Begins on the Hill 0
Mon 27: The Capitol's 10 Transportation Players to Know 0
Thu 23: House Votes on Transportation Spending: Track it Live 0
Thu 23: Obama Admin Declines to Consider New Funding for Transportation 0
Thu 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 0
Thu 23: Prospects for Oberstar's Transportation Reauthorization Dimming 0
Wed 22: Cardin & Carper Bullish on Transit's Prospects in Senate Climate Bill 0
Wed 22: Oberstar to Request $3B Patch for Highway Trust Fund 0
Tue 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 0
Thu 16: Team Obama's Transportation Chain of Command: 'A Bit Complicated' 1
Wed 15: Understanding Washington's Metro Crash 2
Wed 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 0
Tue 14: Voinovich Joins House Dems in Saying No to Transpo Funding Stopgap 0
Tue 14: Obama's Agenda for Cities: Enough Talk 0
Thu 9: Did Pelosi Just Side With Oberstar on the Transpo Bill? 5
Tue 7: Why Road Builders Want a Transportation Bill Now 0
Thu 2: Highway Lobby: Obama DOT's Transpo Goals 'Not Appropriate' 0
Wed 1: Obama Administration's Transportation Goals: Read Them Here 2
June 2009
Thu 25: Voinovich: Business Buy-in Can Get a New Transportation Bill Done 1
Thu 25: Money or Nothing 0
Thu 25: Boxer and Inhofe Agree: Transportation Policy Reform Can Wait 5
Wed 24: Your Unlikely Reasonable Voice of the Day 0
Wed 24: House Transpo Leaders and Obama DOT Run Off in Opposite Directions 0
Tue 23: STAA Tuned 1
Mon 22: Oberstar's Transportation Bill: The Early Word 0
Mon 22: Oberstar's Transportation Bill: Download it in Full 1
Fri 19: A National Infrastructure Bank By Any Other Name ... 0
Fri 19: House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money 0
Thu 18: Oberstar's Bill Praised by Mayors, Engineers 0
Thu 18: House Transpo Leaders United -- in Frustration With the White House 0
Thu 18: But What About the Highways-Transit Split? 2
Wed 17: Boxer Likes LaHood's 18-Month Extension Plan 2
Wed 17: LaHood Asks For 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law 1
Wed 17: Mica: New Federal Transpo Bill Should Have the Need for Speed 0
Tue 16: Who Still Thinks the Federal Transportation Bill Will Pass On Time? 2
Tue 16: Oberstar's Transportation Unveiling Moved to Thursday 0
Mon 15: AARP Sends Its Transportation Priorities to Congress 1
Mon 15: Oberstar to Release Transportation Outline on Wednesday 0
May 2009
Tue 19: Illinois Congressman Pushes for Pro-Bike Transportation Bill 0
Tue 19: The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan 8
Mon 18: Congress Reluctant to Shine Light on Transportation Earmarks 10
Thu 14: Congress Takes a First Step Towards Reshaping Transportation Policy 4
Thu 14: Who Cares About the Highway Trust Fund? 4
Tue 12: A Federal Transportation Bill Is Coming... But When? 1
Tue 12: Coming Attraction: Teasers From Oberstar's Transpo Bill Outline 0
Mon 11: Boxer: Collect Fees on Driving Through 'Honor System' 9
Mon 11: Transportation for America Releases Blueprint for Transportation Reform 1
Fri 8: Stim Cash Gone Bad: Feds Fund Houston's Highway to Nowhere 3
April 2009
Mon 27: What's Wrong With SAFETEA-LU -- and Why the Next Bill Must Be Better 5
Fri 24: Is the Obama Administration Poised to Push Transit? 4
March 2009
Thu 26: Back to the Grid: John Norquist on How to Fix National Transpo Policy 15
Tue 24: AARP Joins Campaign to Reform National Transpo Policy 7