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 […]
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 […]
Extension(s) Imminent — a Reflection on Neverending Transpo Gridlock
By Ben Goldman |
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 […]
With Oberstar Gone, Who Will Lead the Democrats on T & I Committee?
By Tanya Snyder |
The Wall Street Journal has put out some thoughts about who might take up Jim Oberstar’s mantle now that he’s lost his seat by the narrowest of margins. (He would have lost the chairmanship in any case, since control of Congress flipped to the Republicans, but he would have been the ranking Democrat on the […]
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, […]
House and Senate Split on Approach to Obama’s Transit Safety Plan
By Elana Schor |
After a year marked by discord between the House and Senate over the timing of the next federal transportation bill, another split emerged yesterday over the timetable for taking up the Obama administration’s plan for federal involvement in transit safety oversight. Rep. John Mica (R-FL) opposes the White House safety plan, but he also wants […]