Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Transportation bill

  • As the House of Representatives votes on an extension to its transportation bill Wednesday, environmental advocates are crying foul on an amendment that would strip the EPA of the ability to regulate toxic coal ash and hand it over to the states.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Around 9:30 am Tuesday morning, the House Sergeant at Arms office sent an electronic reminder to all Congressional staff.
  • (FOX News)
  • FRANKFORT — The House is set to vote Wednesday on a more than $4.5 billion transportation budget bill and a measure aimed at curbing prescription pain pill abuse after the proposals cleared separate committees on Tuesday.
  • (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  • WASHINGTON - The House has passed legislation aimed at keeping alive prospects for a long-term transportation plan that would provide highway and transit aid to states this year.
  • (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
  • Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood knows its unlikely a long-term transportation bill will be passed on his watch, so he says his greatest accomplishment in the Obama administration will be a commitment to safety.
  • (Politico.com)
  • The White House says that Obama will veto the bill if it reaches his desk. The Keystone measure, included in a broader surface transportation bill, would force construction of the entire proposed pipeline.
  • (Marketwatch)
  • A bill introduced by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., the subcommittee chairman, would give the secretary of transportation the power to reject toll increases on highways and bridges that receive federal aid if they are judged to be excessive.
  • (CBS News)
  • The extension was approved by a vote of 293 to 127. Today's bill was a straight extension of current highway policies with a few additions, only one of which was related to transportation policy.
  • (Bloomberg)

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