Articles Tagged with ''Congress''

Federal funding for the $16-billion Hudson Tunnel Project is running out, forcing Gateway to warn contractors that construction could halt within days.

Federal reviewers asked the White House to return with 3D scale models rather than moving the project to the next approval step, underscoring the early stage in which the White House ballroom project remains, with litigation complicating its path.

As design review restarts, Trump’s planned White House ballroom exposes how privately funded additions can trigger federal obligations—and budget pressures—beyond their stated scope.

With Justice Dept. stepping back from an appeal, limits on the Transportation Dept.'s ability to condition transportation grants are now settled nationwide.

U.S. House of Representatives ended its 2025 legislative session by passing a permitting reform bill aimed at shortening completion timelines for major infrastructure projects.

House passage of the fiscal year 2026 defense bill sets sweeping industrial-base reforms in motion, with new multiyear contracting tools, major MILCON directives and substantial shipyard and depot investments underway.

Cities face a new infrastructure threat if Congress weighs taxing municipal bonds—a quiet policy shift that could stall projects nationwide.

A last-ditch effort to avoid a shutdown failed in the Senate Sept. 30. 

The bill, passed with the vice president's tie-breaking vote, phases out tax credits for EV charging infrastructure next year and for wind and solar projects finished after 2027—but a new clean energy tax is cut, nuclear power gets added incentive and contractors gain a desired tax break

Bill allows project sponsors to pay "opt-in fee" for expedited environmental reviews, and calls for repeal of sections of the Inflation Reduction Act.