Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Republican Jim Inhofe (R-OK) indicated today their support for an 18 month extension of authorization for the federal highway and transit programs which expire on September 30, 2009. The EPW Committee… Read More June 25, 2009
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on Wednesday reported out the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 a six-year reauthorization of the federal highway and transit programs to replace SAFETEA-LU which expires on September 30, 2009. While… Read More June 25, 2009
The immediate past president of AGC Chapter Colorado Contractors Association, Don Hanneman (Castle Rock Construction Company), was featured on the local news June 23. During his interview, Dan discussed jobs created and saved due to the stimulus funds.
Watch the video here.
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As part of the Transportation Construction Coalition, AGC and other coalition members have launched a new advertising campaign in Capitol Hill-targeted publications to push for immediate passage of a six-year surface transportation investment bill.
View the ad here.
June 25, 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), a bill that would require "cap and trade" and other regulatory schemes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from stationary and mobile sources. AGC supports reasonable climate… Read More June 25, 2009
Congress began the process of addressing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill that expires on September 30. Three committees delved into the issue this week: the House Ways and Means Subcommittee examined surface transportation needs; Senate Environment Public Works Committee considered… Read More June 25, 2009
On June 22, AGC submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) written comments for consideration in the interim final regulation on federally-assisted projects. These projects would include building, highway and municipal and utility projects funded by the stimulus.
In addition, OMB that… Read More June 25, 2009
On June 25, the House Energy & Water Development Subcommittee reported a $33.3 billion bill funding the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Energy for FY 2010. This funding amount represents a decrease of $1.1 billion below the President's budget request and… Read More June 25, 2009
On June 23, 2009, the House Appropriations Committee approved a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding bill that totals $77.9 billion for FY 2010. This is $239 million more than the President's request and $5.0 billion more than fiscal year 2009. The bill provides $48.2 billion in… Read More June 25, 2009
On June 25, President Obama sat down with a cross section lawmakers from Capitol Hill to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. The goal of the meeting was to discuss ideas, gauge the interest of Congress on tackling this issue again and to talk about possible timelines for action. This comes… Read More June 25, 2009
