Recent Streetsblog SF posts about House of Representatives

When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now

By Elana Schor | Jun 10, 2009 | No Comments

At first it was slated to emerge by June 1. Then its release was said to slip to this week. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) now plans to release his version of the six-year federal transportation bill by the end of the month, with a full House vote unlikely to come […]

House to Vote This Week on Weak ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Plan

By Elana Schor | Jun 8, 2009 | 1 Comment

The House is poised this week to take up the so-called "cash for clunkers" bill, which aims to boost the slumping U.S. auto market by giving out tax credits of $3,500 and up to anyone who trades in a gas-guzzling car for a more efficient model. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is backing a stronger version […]

Congress Reluctant to Shine Light on Transportation Earmarks

By Elana Schor | May 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is about to unveil a massive bill that will re-authorize federal transportation programs for the next six years. The bill will also include funding for a large number of "earmarks," the congressional pet projects that can include everything from bike trails to Bridges to Nowhere. Earmarks grew largely in […]

Coming Attraction: Teasers From Oberstar’s Transportation Bill

By Sarah Goodyear | May 13, 2009 | No Comments

Rep. Jim Oberstar at the 2007 National Bike Summit. Photo by Bike Portland via Flickr. The details of Rep. Jim Oberstar’s plans for the next federal transportation bill are starting to come into focus. Last Friday, The Infrastructurist ran an item about a document on the subject that has made its way into the public […]

Fear Growing Senator Boxer Won’t Deliver Progressive Transportation Act

By Matthew Roth | May 6, 2009 | 5 Comments

The "High Five" in Dallas, via jmmadrid on Flickr California Senator Barbara Boxer will be at the center of a battle over whether or not the reauthorization of the transportation bill will address the global warming impacts of transportation, given her Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee is responsible for writing much of the […]

Steven Chu Forced to Recant Belief in Higher Gas Prices

By Ben Fried | Apr 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

The indignities are piling up for Steven Chu, the Nobel laureate Secretary of Energy whom environmentalists applauded as one of Obama’s best cabinet picks. His security detail won’t let the lifelong cyclist bike to work. And on Earth Day, he fielded questions like this one (via Talking Points Memo) during a House hearing on the […]

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