Former Defense Secretary William Cohen says the Environmental Protection Agency may have short-circuited the usual process for reviewing a permit application for a proposed Alaska gold and copper mine.
Despite a recent setback, Senate Republicans and a few Democrats say they are committed to passing a bill to require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw a newly issued water rule and rewrite it to address concerns from construction and agricultural industries as well as landowners.
As the run-up to the 2016 presidential campaign intensifies, construction groups and unions are beginning to devote time and energy to identifying candidates whom they can support.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders have unveiled a proposed transportation bill that would authorize $325 billion over six years, but the proposal has a big hole: at best, it would have just three years' actual funding.