With the highway and transit programs operating under the terms of a seven week continuing resolution until December 18, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) had intended to press for floor time to consider a six-month extension of the programs that would… Read More November 5, 2009
A new video advertisement from the Transportation Construction Coalition, co-chaired by ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, highlights the findings of a new study that shows 22,000 Americans die each year on deficient roadways.
Watch the video here.
November 5, 2009
Both provisions included in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Recovery PlanÂ
Congress this week passed legislation to extend federal unemployment benefits (H.R. 3548) that included an expansion of the first-time home buyer tax credit and five-year carryback of net operating losses (NOL).Â
The current $8,000 first-time-home-… Read More November 5, 2009
This week, the Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, Congressman George Miller (D-Calif.), introduced a bill to provide five days of paid sick leave to employees that have symptoms of a contagious illness or have been in close contact with someone who has the symptoms.Â
The… Read More November 5, 2009
Following a three-day Republican boycott of a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee business meeting to consider S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and ten Democrats voted to approve the bill without considering any amendments. None… Read More November 5, 2009
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Water and Environment held a hearing on Recovery Act progress, including updates from representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works Program.… Read More November 5, 2009
Republicans are declaring victory with Tuesday gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey, saying that it is a clear vote against the aggressive overreach of Congress and the Obama administration. Democrats on the other hand are saying that they picked up a seat in New York that had been… Read More November 5, 2009
Although the outcomes of elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia we followed ended according to plan, getting to the end did not go as expected.Â
New York's special election in the 23rd district was definitely the biggest shocker: Republican Dede Scozzafava suspended her campaign just days… Read More November 5, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will propose and take final action by Nov. 2012 on a first-time national rule that would restrict stormwater discharges from newly developed and redeveloped sites.  Currently, EPA is requesting the construction industry's feedback… Read More November 5, 2009
Congress this week passed legislation to expand the first-time home buyer tax credit and five-year carryback of net operating losses (NOL), two provisions ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ called for in Build Now for the Future: A Blueprint for Economic Growth.
The current $8,000 first-time-home-buyer credit is set to expire… Read More November 5, 2009
