Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Stimulus

Update on Stimulus Action in the Senate — Keep Up the Pressure

By Ben Fried | Feb 4, 2009 | 3 Comments

The latest word from DC is that Kit Bond’s pro-highway/anti-rail amendments have yet to come to the floor, while the Inhofe/Boxer amendment to create a $50 billion highway slush fund is still being finalized by its authors. The phone calls and emails are having an effect — Boxer felt enough pressure to adjust her amendment, […]

Albany’s Transit Sins Come Back to Bite America

By Ben Fried | Feb 4, 2009 | 4 Comments

How many true transit advocates are in this picture? Just how bad are the service cuts and layoffs that transit agencies across the country will soon be forced to enact? Severe enough to weaken the national economy, the New York Times reports — all while Congress pieces together a stimulus plan that does nothing to […]

Urgent Action: Oppose Highway Robbery in Senate Stim Bill

By Ben Fried | Feb 4, 2009 | 6 Comments

Stimulus debate continues today in the Senate, where the stale ideas keep on coming. In addition to the $50 billion highway slush fund floated by Senators Boxer and Inhofe (no vote on that one yet), Missouri’s Kit Bond plans to offer two amendments that would rob from transit, rail, and green transportation to pay for […]

It Gets Worse: Boxer/Inhofe to Request $50B More for Highways

By Matthew Roth | Feb 3, 2009 | 10 Comments

Barbara Boxer and infamous global warming denier James Inhofe will present an amendment to the Senate stimulus plan that could funnel as much as $50 billion in additional funding to highways, Streetsblog has learned. Friends of the Earth tells us that Boxer’s staff confirmed she will introduce the amendment, which could bring the total for […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Political Suicide

By Ben Fried | Feb 3, 2009 | No Comments

This word of warning from cartoonist Mike Luckovich to Republicans in Congress feels all the more timely on the heels of today’s action in the Senate. Click through for the punchline.

Republican Minority Blocks Murray Amendment

By Ben Fried | Feb 3, 2009 | No Comments

We just got word that the Murray/Feinstein amendment, which would have increased funding for both highways and transit in the Senate stimulus package, received support from 58 Senators, falling short of the 60 votes necessary to be considered. Does that clear the way for Chuck Schumer’s transit amendment? Not exactly. The vote calls into question […]

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