Biden Administration

Republican criticism over the bill's 64% cut to Amtrak prompted GOP leadership to tap the brakes on the bill late Tuesday.

The White House is expected to announce major grants for non-Northeast corridor projects, including potentially high speed trains, before year's end.

A Senate bill holds drinking and wastewater infrastructure funding level to 2023, but advocates the SRFs could see cuts when the two chambers hammer out final appropriations.

The application criteria for the grant programs handcuffs $5.5 billion in transportation spending to progressive priorities," said Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz.

New House Speaker Mike Johnson has laid out an aggressive calendar to avoid a government shutdown.

The nearly two-year delay in setting up the per-mile charging fee pilot program means Congress will not be able to consider the feasibility of the fees as it crafts the next surface transportation law.

A rising number of states levy a tax or fee on electric vehicles, but a new Senate bill would enact the first federal tax.

At stake is nearly $800 million in Federal Transit Administration funds.

Public finance advocates are examining House speaker candidates to see which ones have local and state experience.

The Amtrak-Texas Central proposal to build high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston would take land "from American citizens and put it under the control of a Japanese company," a pair of Texas Republican representatives told the FRA.

"The major question is whether a shutdown is going to result in a ratings impact in the municipal market, and the answer here is no," said Jennifer Johnston, director of research for Franklin Templeton's fixed income-municipal bond team.

Republican-led states sued over the rule, arguing in part that it would injure states like Wyoming that depend on tax revenue from fossil fuel industries.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the $202 million grant signals the Biden administration's commitment to "clean, electrified high-speed rail into the heart of some of the largest and fastest growing cities in California."

The EPA did not seek public comment before revising the rule overseeing polluted waterways.

U.S. airports collectively face $151 billion of infrastructure needs over the next five years, the bulk of which is tied to terminals, according to the Airports Council International.

The White House should remove barriers to help usher in a "golden age of technology" in the water sector, said the President's National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

The $1.4 billion span would mark the second major bridge that the two states have built together following the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges project that opened in 2016.

The budget impasse is closely watched by cities, colleges and other government entities that receive federal aid.

The House and Senate remain at least $120 billion apart on fiscal 2024 spending levels.

A Senate Budget Committee hearing Wednesday examined the fiscal consequences of preparing infrastructure for climate change.