Continuing
Resolution
Because Congress
still has resolved budget
debates and passed appropriations
bills,
it will need to pass another continuing
resolution by March 27. The bill passed by the House
of Representatives (H.R. 933)
holds non-defense spending at the levels approved in Fiscal Year 2012.
One consequence of this is, at least for the time being,
the increased spending on surface transportation
programs included in MAP-21 will
not be enacted. Senate
leaders indicated that they might add transportation spending increases in that
chamber.
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House,
Senate Transportation Bills Differ
Budget proposals from the House of
Representatives and the Senate differ greatly on transportation (as well as
other issues). Mainly, the House budget cuts transportation funding, and the
Senate budget increases it.
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Senate
Questions Interior Secretary Nominee
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee posed questions to Sally
Jewell, President
Barack Obama’s
nominee for Secretary
of Interior.
As you might expect, questions focused on energy
development on federal
lands and environmental protection related to such projects. Of particular
concern was hydraulic
fracturing (fracking)
for natural
gas production in western states
and oil
drilling in the Pacific
Ocean and Alaska.
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