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Number of Federal Regulations Increases
Updated: 5/15/2013
The Obama administration has published more “major” federal regulations (regulations having an annual cost of $100 million or more per year) in its first term than did the Bush administration in the previous presidential term.
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Cabinet Nominees Face Delays
Updated: 5/15/2013
Some second-term presidential cabinet nominees are facing delays in Senate confirmation due to controversies surrounding their own, or their prospective agencies’, past actions.
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President Submits Infrastructure Spending Proposal
Updated: 4/16/2013
The President submitted his long awaited Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal to Congress. Some key action items within the proposal include Providing $50 billion for upfront infrastructure investments, including $40 billion for “Fix it First” projects, to invest immediately in
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Congress Returns Following Recess
Updated: 4/16/2013
Congress has returned to work after a two week recess for Easter and Passover. Most of the committee work being done revolves around budget planning issues as the federal government operates on an October 1 fiscal year.
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House and Senate Debate Highway Funding
Updated: 3/18/2013
The House has proposed cutting the existing level of highway funding in its proposal to continue government funding through September (the end of the federal fiscal year).
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Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2013 Introduced
Updated: 3/15/2013
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D MI) and U.S. Rep. Gary Peters (D MI) introduced the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act (AVTA) of 2013 in the U.S. Senate (S.488) and U.S. House (HR 1027), respectively.
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President Announces Plan for Transportation Technology Research
Updated: 3/15/2013
At a speech at the Argonne National Lab (Lemont, IL), President Obama proposed a plan to establish an "energy security trust."
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President Obama Calls for Alternatively-Fueled Vehicles Fund
Updated: 2/19/2013
The President called on Congress to create a new fund to pay for research into alternatively fueled vehicles. The fund would be paid for by a portion of the oil and gas revenues from federal lands. The original idea for
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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Holds Hearing
Updated: 2/15/2013
The day after the President’s call for infrastructure repair in his State of the Union address, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held its first hearing of the year. The hearing addressed the importance of infrastructure to the U.S. economy
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Government Spending Cuts March 1
Updated: 2/15/2013
As part of a previous debt ceiling negotiation, across the board government spending cuts are scheduled to begin March 1 unless Congress agrees to more targeted spending cuts. At this point, it appears that Congress is unlikely to restructure the
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