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House Vote on Infrastructure Pushed to Sept. 30
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had originally pledged to House moderates a vote on the infrastructure legislation by Sept. 27. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — With President Joe Biden’s broad domestic agenda at risk of collapse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sept. 26 vowed that Democrats will pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill this week and push ahead on the bigger $3.5 trillion social safety net and climate change bill while acknowledging the total amount will drop.
September 27, 2021Astronaut Pete? Buttigieg is Game
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (right) is interviewed by club chairman David Rubenstein. (The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. via YouTube)
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was excited to see Jeff Bezos’ blastoff into space July 20, describing space travel as a clear trend for the future. It’s a trip he would love to take himself, even if he doesn’t think it will happen in the foreseeable future.
July 20, 2021Rail Stakeholders Push 15-Year Plan for Northeast Corridor
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (right) hold a decaying piece of a rail tunnel during a press conference. (Seth Wenig/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — As Congress eyes an infrastructure package, a coalition of transportation agencies and Amtrak on July 14 released a 15-year plan of rail improvements for the congested Northeast Corridor that would boost daily train routes and significantly speed travel on Acela express lines.
July 14, 2021Democrats Push $25 Billion to Electrify School Buses
Vice President Kamala Harris tours Thomas Built Buses April 19 in High Point, N.C. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
Democratic lawmakers are unveiling legislation that would invest $25 billion to convert the nation’s fleet of gasoline- and diesel-powered school buses to electric vehicles, aiming at a component of President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan to improve children’s health.
April 21, 2021Biden Economic Plan to Focus First on Infrastructure This Week
Contractors work on a portion of Highway 101 under construction in Petaluma, Calif., on March 22. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will lay out the first part of his multitrillion-dollar economic recovery package this week, focusing on rebuilding roads, bridges and other infrastructure, followed by a separate plan later in April addressing child and health care.
March 29, 2021Buttigieg Says Biden Plan Will Usher In New Transportation Era
Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 21. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP)
WASHINGTON — An infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a “once in a century” opportunity to remake transportation in the United States, where cars and highways are no longer king, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said March 18.
March 19, 2021Pelosi Pledges Swift Work on Major Infrastructure Package
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks from the House floor during the vote on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on March 10. (Alex Brandon/AP)
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on March 14 pledged swift work by Congress on a job and infrastructure package that will be “fiscally sound,” but said she isn’t sure whether the next major item on President Joe Biden’s agenda will attract Republican backing.
March 15, 2021Pete Buttigieg to Quarantine After Security Agent Gets COVID-19
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at Union Station in Washington, D.C. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive Feb. 8 for the coronavirus.
February 9, 2021US Postal Service Reports Financial Loss for 11th Year in a Row
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The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service reported a financial loss Nov. 14 for the 11th straight year, citing declining mail volume and costs of its pension and health care obligations even as it predicted another strong holiday season of package deliveries.
November 15, 2017Postal Service May Get More Freedom to Raise Stamp Prices
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Regulators appear likely to accept the financially beleaguered Postal Service’s request for more freedom to raise the price of mailing letters. It would be the biggest change in the Postal Service’s pricing system in nearly a half-century, allowing stamp prices to rise beyond the rate of inflation.
August 9, 2017