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Transit funds could crack under the pressure of the budget deadline

24 Sep 2021 | Posted by Stephen Coleman Kenny | 1 Comment | budget reconciliation, congress, House, reauthorization, senate, shutdown, transit funding, usdot

The upcoming continuing resolution to fund the government and avert a shutdown won’t include transportation spending, piling on the pressure to pass the infrastructure deal and budget reconciliation. Congress could end up gutting the reconciliation package to make a deal.

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Shutdown averted; another crisis created

26 Sep 2019 | Posted by Sean Doyle | 1 Comment | CIG, congress, continuing resolution, CR, grants, shutdown, stuck in the station, transit funding

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is refusing to obey the rules and Congress has so far been powerless to stop them. At stake are billions in federal funding for new and expanded transit systems that USDOT doesn’t want to award. But a policy change that attempts to reign in USDOT and make it obey the law could just be making matters worse.

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Government shutdown previewed a future without federal transit funding

5 Feb 2019 | Posted by Sean Doyle | 0 Comments | federal funding, federal transit administration, FTA, shutdown, usdot

With federal employees at the Federal Transit Administration furloughed during the recent record-length shutdown, transit funding wasn’t being distributed and grant/loan programs ground to a halt. New projects were further delayed and transit providers were faced with hard choices about service cuts, showing the vital importance of federal funding for transit.

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Budget battles leave a cloud over transportation funding as lame duck session looms

10 Sep 2014 | Posted by Steve Davis | 0 Comments | 2015 budget, Appropriations, continuing resolution, highway trust fund, House, senate, shutdown

Same story, different year. Once again, we’re nearing the beginning of a new (fiscal) year on October 1, and Congress has failed to pass a budget to fund the government for the upcoming year. Even if Congress passes a temporary budget to avert a shutdown —which is looking likely — important transportation programs could still be put on hold on until Congress passes a full budget.

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