Guess Who Sen. Barbara Boxer Is Sitting Next to at the SOTU?
Rep. John Mica, in the spirit of post-Tucson bipartisanship.
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Boxer and Mica Release Vague Reassurance of Progress
By Tanya Snyder |
Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. John Mica just released this statement: The conferees have moved forward toward a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on a highway reauthorization bill. Both House and Senate conferees will continue to work with a goal of completing a package by next week. From what we’re hearing, whatever deal they’ve reached only applies […]
Sen. Boxer: Working With Mica, Inhofe on a Long-Term Transpo Bill
By Tanya Snyder |
Senator Barbara Boxer told reporters today that she had an “excellent”, “wonderful” meeting with Rep. John Mica (R-FL), the new chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She confirmed that they’re working on a “longer-term” transportation bill and have come up with many points of agreement. We’ll let you know more details about […]
CA Mayors Ask Sen. Barbara Boxer for a 21st Century Transpo System
By Tanya Snyder and Bryan Goebel |
Sixty-five elected officials representing a number of California cities are urging California Senator Barbara Boxer to push a new federal transportation bill that reforms spending and puts a focus on public transit, walking and biking, or “21st century needs.” Boxer, as chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, could play a […]
Mica Warns Boxer on Highway Trust Fund; House Plans Hearing on “Drill Bill”
By Tanya Snyder |
“I want to congratulate you on your Committee’s approval of the ‘Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,” begins House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica’s letter yesterday to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee. From there, the letter changes tone: However, I am concerned that the Senate two-year […]
Finally: Rustlings of a Reauthorization
By Tanya Snyder |
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 […]
Mica’s New Post Gives Him a Good Vantage Point For Sniping at Amtrak
By Tanya Snyder |
Perhaps Rep. John Mica’s most remarkable legacy as chair of the House Transportation Committee is the single-minded focus he gave to attacking Amtrak. Under the guise of wanting it to succeed, Mica has repeatedly excoriated it as a “Soviet-style monopoly” and a waste of taxpayer dollars. He’s tried to sell off its only profitable line, […]