Government Senate Passes Spending Bill, Averting Government Shutdown James Leggate March 14, 2025 No Comments Continuing resolution cuts some funding for transportation safety projects and Army Corps of Engineers civil works.Read More
Federal Spending Government Shutdown Averted: Stopgap Measure Passed and Signed Update March 1: President Biden signs extension into law Tom Ichniowski March 1, 2024 No Comments New extension buys lawmakers more time to work out differences on full-year fiscal 2024 agency spending levels.Read More
Government Congress Sends $884B Defense Policy Bill to White House House adjourns, but Senate returns next week in last-ditch effort to pass supplemental spending bill Pam McFarland James Leggate December 15, 2023 No Comments Congress clears legislation that includes many initiatives that construction and engineering groups support. Read More
Federal Spending Senate Passes Stopgap Spending Bill, Ending Shutdown Threat UPDATE: Biden signs measure extending funds to early 2024 Tom Ichniowski November 16, 2023 No Comments The bill continues funding for federal agencies until early next year.Read More
Ports US DOT Picks Winners for $653M in Port Infrastructure Grants Tom Ichniowski November 3, 2023 No Comments If spending levels contained in House Republicans’ fiscal 2024 transportation appropriations bill become law, the port grant program could face cuts of more than 60%.Read More
Federal Spending Senate DOT Spending Plan Draws Industry Support Over House's Deep Cuts Tom Ichniowski July 23, 2023 No Comments A wide gap between House and Senate committees' DOT 2024 appropriations bills shows contrast in transportation spending priorities.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure House GOP Likely to Squeeze DOT Appropriations Tom Ichniowski April 20, 2023 No Comments
The 118th Congress New Chairman Graves Takes Central House Role on Infrastructure New Chairs Named for House Committees Tom Ichniowski Pam McFarland January 12, 2023 No Comments Veteran Missouri lawmaker Sam Graves takes the transportation and Infrastructure panel gavelRead More
Federal Funding $1.7T Omnibus Package Has Hikes, Cuts for Construction Programs Tom Ichniowski December 20, 2022 No Comments Dept. of Defense construction is a big winner in the proposed spending package, up 28% to $19B.Read More
Federal Funding UPDATE: Near Deadline, Biden Signs Stopgap Bill, Avoiding Government Shutdown Measure gives appropriators more time to draft an omnibus package Tom Ichniowski February 17, 2022 No Comments New bill still doesn't release full IIJA highway and transit funding.Read More