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Infrastructure Needs

ASCE Highlights Construction-Ready Projects on New Map

Group Asks Congress To Pass COVID-19 Infrastructure Package

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July 29, 2020

The projects could put unemployed workers back to work and help resolve a backlog of infrastructure projects, ASCE says.

Infrastructure Talks Continue on Capitol Hill, But No Action Yet

Tom Ichniowski

February 13, 2019

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When Rep. Peter DeFazio, the new House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, opened his panel’s first infrastructure hearing in the new Congress, he tapped some buttons on his phone and, on purpose, set off what sounded like a warning klaxon.

After Elections, Infrastructure Talk Stirs Again

Tom Ichniowski

November 21, 2018

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In the wake of Democrats' House takeover and Republicans widening their Senate majority in the midterm elections, talk has quickly revived about taking on infrastructure legislation in the new Congress.

How Would a Split Congress Deal with Infrastructure Bills?

Tom Ichniowski

October 24, 2018

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Midterm election predictions at ENR press time give Democrats a decent chance of taking a House majority and Republicans retaining their Senate hold.

House Approves Bills to Boost Nuclear Technology, Reshape National Labs' Management

Pam Radtke Russell

February 1, 2017

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A bill to speed approval of advanced nuclear technologies and another to change the way the Dept. of Energy’s national laboratories are managed are among a handful of energy measures the House has passed in the first weeks of its new session.

FERC Vacancies Stalling Energy Project Approvals

Pam Radtke Russell

February 1, 2017

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Final approval of hundreds of interstate pipelines, transmission lines and liquefied-natural-gas projects will be delayed for months because the Trump administration has changed leadership at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

WIFIA Water Infrastructure Loans Finally Set to Flow

Pam Radtke Russell

January 18, 2017

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After more than two years in limbo, a federal credit-assistance program for water projects is opening its loan window.

Elections Likely to Produce Slim Majorities in Congress

Tom Ichniowski

October 26, 2016

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As the Nov. 8 elections draw near, construction industry officials are keeping close watch on political parties’ fight for control of Congress.

House Passes Bill Intended to Speed Cleanup of Abandoned Mines

Pam Hunter McFarland

July 13, 2016

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House-passed legislation could make it easier for contracting firms and “good Samaritans” to clean up abandoned hard-rock and coal mines as well as sites of orphan oil and gas wells.

Obama State of Union speech thin on construction comments

Tom Ichniowski

January 21, 2016

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Some of President Obama’s earlier State of the Union addresses had meaty sections about improving U.S. infrastructure, creating jobs and accelerating project reviews. But his final State of the Union speech, delivered on Jan. 12, didn’t mention infrastructure or construction at all.