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Glimmers of light: Contractors were buying and smiling at World of Concrete. An economist for the Associated Builders and Contractors saw conditions improving in 2010. Legislators jockeyed for a second injection of stimulus funding. Our editors are looking for signs of renewal. This week’s cover story is the first part of a new series called “Road to Recovery.”
U.S. and Canadian officials announced on Feb. 5 that they had reached an agreement that will allow Canadian companies to participate in U.S. infrastructure projects financed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The deal is likely to ease tensions between the two nations and allow some ARRA-funded
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to have a floor vote Feb. 8 on the first part of an envisioned multi-bill jobs package. Reid said Democrats hope to gain some Republican support for that measure, but if not, the Democrats will introduce a bill of their own.
President Obama and Vice-President Biden talk up the merits of high-speed rail in visit to Tampa, the endpoint of one of the proposed high-speed rail segments that won a share of $8 billion in federal stimulus funds.
Senate Democrats' proposed jobs legislation--not yet introduced--may end up being split into several bills. , says Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). That differs from the single, $154-billion jobs bill that the House passed in December. The initial Senate bill would include a 10-month extension for surface transportaion programs, Boxer says.
Republican Scott Brown's win in the Jan. 19 Massachusetts Senate race is causing Democrats to rethink their strategy for health care. The effect on a new jobs bill and other infrastructure funding isn't clear.
Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti as they struggle to cope with theaftermath of yesterdays terrible quake. But we also know forces within theconstruction industry are already planning action and mobilizing resourcesto help.
As the Senate gears up for a final vote on health care legislation on Christmas Eve, advocates of reform are hopeful that the bill will pass, and differences between the House and Senate bill can be reconciled in January. Many construction groups are hoping at least one provision in the Senate bill is not included in the
New SAFETEA-LU extension runs through Feb. 28. It's the third stopgap since Sept. 30, when the multi-year authorization lapsed. Meanwhile, the House passed a jobs bill, with more than $47 billion for infrastructure, as a follow-on to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. But the Senate won't take it up until January, at the earliest.
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