Sentences with phrase «highway bill»

The legislation is the first long - term highway bill passed by Congress in over a decade.

The new federal highway bill passed late last week gives New York State authority to use more federal

Republican Congressman Richard Hanna is joining fellow New York Congressman Louise Slaughter in a push to restore federal funding for local public transit systems.The money would be cut in the new federal Highway bill.

She cited Zeldin's work on the for the Safe Bridges Act, included in the five - year highway bill recently signed into law, and opposition to the the President's Trade Promotion Authority.

A provision included in the long - term highway bill approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will ensure the Interstat...

targeted advertising campaigns, including one aimed at legislators to push them to pass the long - overdue highway bill.

Boehner also suggested that in the next Congress, the president could work with Republicans on a tax reform package and a big highway bill, while also pointing to the Keystone pipeline and the repeal of the medical device tax as items a Republican Senate could pass.

Katko has also focused on helping Syracuse through his support for a bipartisan highway bill that designated the elevated portion of Interstate 81 in the city as a high priority corridor, O'Connor said.

Also at 10 a.m., Rep. John Katko will be joined by local elected officials from Onondaga, Cayuga, Wayne, and Oswego counties, as well as local business, transportation, and labor organizations, for a press conference to the discuss passage a long - term, multi-year highway bill, corner of South McBride and East Washington streets, Syracuse.

The full House passed the overall six - year, $ 325 billion highway bill when members returned to work Thursday morning.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives approved a long - term highway bill Thursday that strips billions in public transportation funding from New York and six other Northeastern states.

Congress is expected to vote on the revised highway bill this week, sending the bipartisan legislation to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.

House lawmakers are facing increasing pressure to act soon, since the current highway bill expires at the end of March.

That's what archeologists, wildlife biologists, and wetlands scientists who have gotten funding from a little - known transportation program will face with shrinking federal support if a massive highway bill approved by the U.S. Senate becomes law.

Mr. Inhofe, the new chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said on Wednesday that his first priority would be to pass a long - term, robust highway bill, aimed at repairing the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

National: As President Obama signs the new five - year $ 305 billion FAST ACT highway bill into law, the «public private partnership» industry sees it as a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constrained.

We had the interstate highway bill [the Federal - Aid Highway Act of 1956], and we collected gas tax and spent it to complete the interstate, but as the years went by, there was an increasing desire to do more than just keep building highways.

In the House, some lawmakers are beginning to push a major highway bill for next year to focus on job creation.

On Sunday, Senate Republican leaders blocked an amendment to a federal highway bill that would have ended PPFA's funding.

He's taken that results - focused success to Congress to work for us in Washington, passing legislation to prioritize national security, ending the common core mandate, and delivering a bipartisan, long - term highway bill.

An amendment to a $ 325 billion highway bill approved two weeks ago by the House of Representatives may lead to large cuts at Centro, the bus company partnered with Syracuse University.

His vote for the 2005 highway bill — a $ 284 billion measure that was loaded with earmarks, including the infamous Alaska «Bridge to Nowhere»

I worked hard on the highway bill to secure the federal funds for these important projects - and I'm thankful for the Governor's leadership on critical infrastructure projects like these.»

There will be a lot going on in the area of transportation, as the highway bill and the Federal Aviation Administration bill will expire soon.

An amendment to a highway bill recently passed by the House of Representatives may lead to budget cuts for bus company Centro, which could potentially affect the partnership Centro has with Syracuse University.

Rep. John Katko asked a committee of House and Senate members Wednesday to restore $ 12 million in funding for Centro and billions for other public transit systems that were cut in a highway bill the House passed earlier this month.

The House approved a long - term highway bill that strips billions in public transportation funding from New York and six other Northeastern states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. John Katko asked a committee of House and Senate members Wednesday to restore $ 12 million in funding for Centro and billions for other public transit systems that were cut in a highway bill the House passed earlier this month.

Federal legislation — budget bills and the highway bill, for instance — are being assembled at the last minute, while other issues, like immigration, are being ignored by lawmakers completely for partisan reasons, he said.

The Senate passed a highway bill earlier this year that included the program, as advocated for by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D - N.Y., and other Northeastern senators.

Democrats, though, voiced skepticism about whether the open process on the highway bill would be replicated.

A House amendment to the $ 325 billion highway bill that passed in November would have effectively cut off billions in public transportation aid set aside for seven states (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland) and the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday to restore public transportation aid for Northeastern states in the new highway bill, averting potential deep cuts in funding for Centro's bus service in Central New York.

The Senate version of the highway bill included the public transportation money under the High Density States program run by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Just as highway funds were set to run out, Congress passed a highway bill and President Obama signed it into law July 31, 2015.

As a result, he told me, «The end - of - year passage by Congress of extensions for the entire portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy, coupled with the infrastructure incentives for renewable energy in the highway bill, will more than double private investment into these sectors over the next six years.»

But with the highway bill that all fell apart.

Before adjourning for a full five weeks, Congress did pass a short - term highway bill and legislation to address long waits for veterans seeking health care...

Under an obscure statutory change buried in a federal highway bill that passed Congress in the summer of 2015, your lender must now disclose more information to the IRS about your loan, including the amount of the outstanding principal balance at the beginning of the year, the origination date of your mortgage and the address of the home securing the loan.