On The Hill
TWU Files Comments to DOT Document, “Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0”
Posted OnDecember 6, 2018 byOn Dec. 3, the TWU filed comments to a Department of Transportation (DOT) document called “Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0” (AV 3.0). This DOT guidance document seeks to rush the use of driverless transit buses without much consideration for how it could harm workers and public safety. The TWU’s comments urge…Read More…
TWU Urges FTA to Uphold FAST Act Transit Worker Protections
Posted OnDecember 6, 2018 byOn Nov. 13, the TWU sent a letter to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) urging them to uphold the worker protections that the TWU fought for during the FAST Act. As you recall, Congress enacted the FAST Act in 2015, which renewed public transportation programs (and Amtrak). The TWU successfully fought hard against schemes to…Read More…
Summary of FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
Posted OnApril 15, 2018 byOn October 5, 2018, President Trump signed into law H.R. 302, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. The law reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for 5 years (through 2023) and establishes various policies and programs, committees and task forces, and studies relating to safety, workers, industry, and passengers. The law also reauthorizes the Transportation…Read More…
19-Dec-11
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 Dec, 2011 House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a news conference proclaimed his party’s intentions of voting down a measure passed last week by the Senate. The Senate voted in a bipartisan fashion (89-10) to extend payroll tax cuts and some unemployment benefits, yet the House is once again holding the American middle…Read More…
12-Dec-11
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 12 Dec, 2011 This week may be the last that Congress is in session before the holidays, but only if they finish the important work before them. The House of Representatives is slated to vote on an unemployment insurance bill that slashes benefits, coupled with a provision to keep the Keystone XL Pipeline project…Read More…
28-Nov-11
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 28 Nov, 2011 Last week, the Super Committee failed to find a solution to creating revenue and attacking our nation’s deficit. Democratic members of the committee said Republicans had two goals; extending Bush-era tax cuts and cutting Medicare. As the Defense Act comes to the floor in the Senate this week, and avoiding sequestration…Read More…
14-Nov-11
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 14 Nov, 2011 This week both chambers of Congress are in session in Washington, DC and have several important hearings as well as floor votes scheduled. The House will vote on a balanced budget amendment, as determined in the agreement made earlier this year in August, to keep the federal government funded. Expected also…Read More…
5-Nov-11
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 05 Nov, 2011 This week both chambers of Congress are in, with the Republican leadership in the House deciding to spend their last weeks before the holiday recess voting to roll back America’s system for enacting safeguarding regulations. The Senate will attempt to confirm presidential nominations that have met GOP resistance, and will also…Read More…
1-Nov-11
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 01 Nov, 2011 This week both the House and Senate are in session. In the Senate, Reid has indicated that members will vote on a minibus that includes Transportation-HUD funding. The House leadership has made it clear that they will conference with the Senate on all appropriations bills, including those yet to be voted…Read More…
17-Oct-11
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 17 Oct, 2011 The House is in recess this week, leaving the Senate to begin tackling appropriations. During the week their plan is to focus on a small packing of departments they believe they can find consensus on. Senate HELP is holding a subcommittee hearing on the effects of the recession on older Americans,…Read More…