Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Barbara Boxer

Senate Vote Will Give GOP a Crack at the Transpo Bill Sooner

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 21, 2010 | No Comments

A few weeks ago, members of the House threw up their hands and voted for a year-long extension of the 2010 budget. It included an extension of the transportation reauthorization. The Senate didn’t vote on it in time, so then the House voted for a three-day extension to give the Senate a few more days […]

Why Reformers Should Care How We Pay for Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 6, 2010 | No Comments

TIFIAs and TIGERs and NIBs — oh my! The alphabet soup of infrastructure funding mechanisms can be alienating even to committed transportation advocates. But with the power of the gas tax diminishing and elected officials refusing to raise it, other financing options are taking on increasing importance. If you’re interested in reforming our transportation system […]

Barbara Boxer Questions Need for Infrastructure Bank

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 28, 2010 | No Comments

California Democrat Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, expressed skepticism about one of the centerpieces of President Obama’s infrastructure plan today. As she tries to stave off an election challenge from the right, Boxer seems reluctant to embrace the creation of a national infrastructure bank to finance transportation projects. […]

Boxer Aims to Put TIGER-Type Program in Next Federal Transport Bill

By Elana Schor | Mar 25, 2010 | No Comments

During an otherwise-abbreviated hearing yesterday, Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) joined the chorus of praise for the stimulus law’s TIGER program, declaring her intention to add a version of the competitive infrastructure grants to the next long-term federal transportation bill. Bicyclists in Philadelphia, where $23 million in TIGER money was awarded to build […]

Senate Climate Bill Invests Big in Transit, Reaps Big Deficit Reduction

By Elana Schor | Dec 17, 2009 | 9 Comments

As the Copenhagen climate talks reach a turning point, congressional negotiations over emissions cuts are taking a back seat to global debate. But some undeniably good news on the domestic front came late yesterday from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. John Kerry described the Copenhagen talks this week as a motivator for Senate climate action. […]

Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP

By Elana Schor | Nov 5, 2009 | No Comments

The Senate environment committee approved its climate change bill today on a 10-1 vote, shrugging off a boycott by all of the panel’s Republicans but missing out on the chance to consider amendments to the lengthy legislation. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (Photo: AP) The environment panel’s chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) had offered Republicans several days […]

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