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Top 10 Reasons Sen. Boxer Must Keep Her Word on Bike/Ped Programs
This post originally appeared on www.bikeleague.org. The author is the president of the League of American Bicyclists.
June 22, 2012
Civil Rights Groups Rally Against Threat to Environmental Review
A coalition of civil rights and environmental groups is crying foul over proposed changes to an important environmental protection as lawmakers attempt to hammer out a last minute deal on the transportation bill.
June 21, 2012
Boxer and Mica Release Vague Reassurance of Progress
Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. John Mica just released this statement:
June 21, 2012
Deal Imminent?
We're hearing reports that a deal on the surface transportation bill is imminent. We'll let you know when we hear more. Could it be that the Walz Motion to Instruct lit a fire under the conferees?
June 21, 2012
386 to 34: House Instructs Conference to Get It Done By Friday
There's no excuse for dilly-dallying.
June 20, 2012
House to Vote on Firming Up the Conference Deadline
UPDATE 3 PM: The text of the MTI doesn't mention forcing a vote on the Senate bill.
June 20, 2012
Extension(s) Imminent — a Reflection on Neverending Transpo Gridlock
For the past six months, I have had the enviable task (seriously) of tracing the path of federal transportation legislation through Congress. And look how far we've come! When I first took the editor's chair in January, transportation funds were drying up, the deadline for a new bill was fast approaching, and none of the news made Congress look good. Today, essentially, nothing has changed, except everything is somehow even worse.
June 19, 2012
Boxer Changes Her Tone, Adopts a Fighting Stance
The transportation bill conference committee negotiations have been difficult and contentious, by all accounts -- all except Senator Barbara Boxer's account. The EPW chair has been optimistic when others have been bitter, consistently focusing on how much the two sides agree rather than the places where they're still far apart.
June 14, 2012
House Attack on Safe Streets Makes Transpo Bill Ever More Elusive
We reported last week that the House had proposed allowing states to “opt out” of funding bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements in its counter-offer to the Senate during transportation bill negotiations. The House GOP essentially wants to reject the Cardin-Cochran amendment, which gave local governments control over half the “Additional Activities” funding set aside for bike/ped programs, letting states make decisions about the other half.
June 11, 2012
Conservative Motion to Cut Transportation Spending Fails (and Fails Hard)
The House has just defeated, in a 323 to 82 whopper, a motion to instruct members of the transportation bill conference committee to slash spending by nearly 30 percent in order to stay within the projected limits of the Highway Trust Fund.
June 8, 2012