Recent Streetsblog SF posts about House of Representatives

House Debating Climate and Energy Legislation Right Now

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 26, 2009 | No Comments

Kate Sheppard from Grist is Tweeting the heck out of the climate bill debate on the floor of the House of Representatives today (218 votes and counting). Barbara Boxer, who is working on the Senate version of this bill, yesterday reminded sustainable transport advocates that this is probably going to be their only chance in […]

Your Unlikely Reasonable Voice of the Day

By Elana Schor | Jun 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

Rep. Don Young (R-AK) is not known as a friend of green transportation — and that’s putting it mildly. GOP Rep. Don Young (AK) showed a flash of reason today. (Photo: Progressive Alaska) During his reign as House transportation committee chairman, Young passed a $283 billion bill that helped bloat the federal bureaucracy while steering […]

House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation

By Elana Schor | Jun 24, 2009 | No Comments

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday struck a deal ahead of Friday’s make-or-break vote on climate change legislation to give greener transportation a place at the table. The climate bill gives the states 10 percent of its carbon emissions allowances, the total worth of which is projected to hit $70 billion by […]

Flashback: Does the Government Owe Transportation $21 Billion?

By Elana Schor | Jun 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House transportation committee, made an interesting comment earlier this month in the Journal of Commerce: Former Rep. Bud Shuster (R-PA) struck a deal 11 years ago that sealed off transportation money. (Photo: NYT) Infusing cash to keep the Highway Trust fund afloat at the end of fiscal 2009 […]

Wonk Alert: Download Oberstar’s Transportation Bill in Full

By Elana Schor | Jun 22, 2009 | No Comments

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar’s (D-MN) new federal bill, which he previewed Wednesday despite pushback from the Obama administration, is officially out. You can download the 775-page legislative text right here, thanks to Transportation for America. Streetsblog Capitol Hill is thumbing through it right now to provide highlights later today.

New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smarth Growth to Climate Bill

By Elana Schor | Jun 22, 2009 | No Comments

As a new non-partisan analysis of the House climate change bill — proving that capping CO2 can save money for the poorest fifth of the nation — continues to make waves on the Hill, it’s worth noting that the legislation could yield even greater savings by focusing on reducing transportation-based emissions. House Energy & Commerce […]

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