March 21, 2013
The Obama Administration formerly announced to Congress this week that it would begin negotiations on a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union in 90 days. “The decision to launch negotiations on the ...
With less a week before current funding expires, the House passed H.R. 933, its continuing resolution, this morning, sending the bill to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature. Included in the bill are updated spending ...
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its annual report card this week on the state of America’s infrastructure. The inland waterways infrastructure received the lowest grade—a D minus—of the 16 categories. Bridges and ...
This week, the Senate and House saw introduction of bipartisan proposals sponsored by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Illinois House delegation members to initiate public-private partnerships for waterways infrastructure. The Water Infrastructure Now Public-Private Partnership Act would create a ...
The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on Wednesday approved the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) proposal (S. 601) introduced just last week by Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Ranking Member David Vitter (R-La.). ...
