Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Senate Saves a Sliver For High-Speed Rail

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 22, 2011 | No Comments

President Obama had sought $8 billion for high-speed rail in 2012. The House-passed budget had exactly zero. The Senate bill approved by the Transportation subcommittee Tuesday followed suit. But the full Appropriations Committee yesterday put $100 million back into next year’s budget for the president’s signature transportation initiative. Senator Dick Durbin, co-chair of the High-Speed […]

Obama: “I Will Veto Any Bill” Without Tax Increases on the Wealthy

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 19, 2011 | No Comments

In a Rose Garden speech this morning, President Obama soundly rejected Republicans’ push to address the deficit exclusively through spending cuts with no tax increases. He was responding to House Speaker John Boehner, who said last week that tax increases were “off the table.” The outcome of the current deficit-cutting fight could have significant implications […]

Last-Minute Deal Preserves Bike/Ped Funding. But For How Long?

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 16, 2011 | No Comments

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has relented on his push to strip Transportation Enhancement funding from the six-month surface transportation extension, clearing the way for Senate passage last night and a White House signature today. In exchange for releasing his stranglehold on the Senate (and the estimated 80,000 workers that could lose their jobs, at least […]

Coburn Blocks Quick Senate Vote on Transportation Extension

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 14, 2011 | No Comments

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has placed a “hold” on the transportation extension, along with a bill to continue sanctions against Burma and to provide disaster relief to areas affected by Hurricane Irene and other storms. When just one senator objects to a “unanimous consent” vote — the quickest way for the body to pass legislation […]

House Prepares to Vote on Extension, Coburn Will Try to Kill Bike/Ped

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 13, 2011 | No Comments

In a couple of hours, the House will vote on the transportation extension bill – under unanimous consent rules. That means a single vote in opposition could delay passage. It’s unclear how we went from a House determined to cut spending levels by more than 30 percent to a House unanimously committed to passing a […]

Inhofe Supports Clean Extension, Won’t Vote Against Bike/Ped (This Time)

By Alice Ollstein and Tanya Snyder | Sep 8, 2011 | No Comments

The Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously agreed this morning to send a four-month extension of the transportation bill to the full Senate. Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) emphasized that it wasn’t easy to get consensus on the extension, especially with many members wanting to move forward with the full two-year bill. Sen. James Inhofe still […]

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