Among the myriad criticisms that opponents of the Democrats’ health reform bills have leveled at the legislation, perhaps none resonates as strongly as the emotionally charged claims about how the proposals approach abortion coverage. For almost 35 years, federal law has prohibited the federal funding of abortions, and the More…
The White House just announced its plan to spend $8 billion on high-speed rail, and it looks … pretty diluted.
The biggest chunk of cash — $2.25 billion — will go toward California’s planned rail line connecting Los Angeles to the Bay Area. But as Brad Plumer points More…
Concerned that last summer’s $3 billion Cash-for-Clunkers program might be rife with waste and fraud, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), senior Republican on the Finance Committee, is asking administration officials today for an accounting of where exactly all of that money went. Specifically, Grassley wants to know how much of More…
Of the $1.9 billion worth of vouchers submitted by car dealers under the “Cash for Clunkers” program, the Department of Transportation has sent payments totaling just $145 million, a senior administration official told reporters Thursday.
The official said the DOT has reviewed “just under 170,000″ of the 457,000 More…
With the hugely popular “cash for clunkers program” running short on funds, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took to the Sunday morning television circuit to urge the Senate to pass an extension this week. From The Associated Press:
“If we don’t get the $2 billion from the
You’d think that, granted the bully pulpit, the Obama administration’s secretary of transportation might actually use it when approached by Congress for advice on public transit funding.
But you’d be wrong.
Asked yesterday by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) if the House-passed climate change bill contains enough funding for More…
As we pointed out last month, environmentalists are none too happy with the recently enacted cash-for-clunkers program, which grants a cash rebate up to $4,500 for drivers who turn in their gas-guzzling vehicles for more fuel efficient models. (In some cases, for barely more fuel efficient models).
But consumers, More…
The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission, established by Congress “to address the growing transportation infrastructure investment deficit,” released a report today advocating a 10-cent gas tax, to be replaced by a vehicle mileage tax in 2020.
According to the report, the Highway Trust Fund is facing a More…
The latest development in the battle over Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s mileage tax proposal: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) rips into White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs for shooting down LaHood’s suggestion.
From Jake Tapper:
In an interview with Congressional Quarterly, Oberstar said that
A controversial proposal to shore up federal transportation funds has set off a firestorm in Washington, with a high-profile disagreement between the transportation secretary and the White House leaving the nation’s strategy for combating an impending highway budget shortfall in doubt.
In an More…
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