Speaker Ryan To “Break Infrastructure Legislation Into Pieces”
Rather than proposing a single omnibus infrastructure funding bill, House Speaker Paul Ryan says Congress should look at the process in...
U S DOT Awards $487 Million in TIGER Grants – Illinois Scores $17.6 Million
A record total of 64% of the current round of grants goes to projects in rural areas. The federal money will go 77% to highways, 9% to...
Trump Officially Approves Steel And Aluminum Tariffs, Delivering A Body Blow To U S Construction Ind
Delivering a major punch in the gut to American construction businesses and construction equipment manufacturers, on March 8 President...
Trump Threatens To Veto Any Federal Appropriations Bills Including Hudson River Tunnel Funding
Congressional aides say President Trump has threatened Speaker Ryan to block government wide federal appropriations legislation if it...
Prevailing Wage Repeal Has Not Reduced Indiana Public Construction Outlays
The Midwest Economic Policy Institute and Colorado State University recently released a study of the economic effects of Governor Mike...
Chao Urges House Committee To Oppose Hudson River Rail Tunnel
Despite the fact New Jersey and New York have agreed to pay 50% of the cost of a badly needed new rail tunnel under the Hudson,...
Trump Tariffs, Rising Mortgage Rates, Threaten New Home Affordability
The current flap concerning the negative impact President Trump’s threatened steel import tariffs will have on commercial, industrial and...
Trump Appoints Major Chemical Industry Insider To Head USEPA Superfund Enforcement
In yet another move apparently intended to stifle federal enforcement of environmental protection laws, President Trump has appointed a...
Trump Urges Congress To Slash Major Transit Construction In A Fit of Political Pique
President Trump is urging House and Senate Republicans to cut $900 million of proposed funding for construction of a third transit tunnel...
Real Infrastructure Appropriations May Await Lame Duck Congress
Given the press of other congressional business, and the politics of midterm elections, House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman...
