Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Barbara Boxer

EPA Drops Data Before GOP Forces Shutdown of Transportation Hearing

By Elana Schor | Mar 25, 2010 | No Comments

The Senate environment panel today was forced to prematurely shutter its latest hearing on the next long-term federal transportation bill after Republicans invoked a rarely-used right to close down committee work as part of their broader protest against the majority party’s health care legislation. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), center, with Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) at […]

Mr. Villaraigosa Goes to Washington to Pitch 30 in 10

By Elana Schor | Mar 12, 2010 | No Comments

Senators began searching today for new strategies to connect local planners with an ever-dwindling pot of federal infrastructure dollars, even as a senior U.S. DOT aide declined to say whether the White House’s upcoming principles for the next long-term transportation bill would include funding specifics. Antonio Villaraigosa is seeking a bridge loan from Washington to […]

Senate Starts Work on New Transport Bill, With House Version as a Guide

By Elana Schor | Mar 4, 2010 | No Comments

The Senate today took its first steps towards voting on a new long-term federal transportation bill, with environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) vowing to take up a successor to the 2005 infrastructure law before 2011 and indicating she would use the House’s already-introduced version as a framework. Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), […]

LaHood Talks TIGERS and Stimulus, While Boxer Pledges Support for “30 in 10”

By Damien Newton | Feb 19, 2010 | 4 Comments

Barbara Boxer, flanked by Metro bus repair staff, Ray LaHood and Metro Board Chair Ara Najarian, promotes the Stimulus earlier today. Photo: LA Streetsblog/Flickr It was billed as a day to discuss the reauthorization of the Federal Transportation Trust Fund, it turned in to a stirring defense of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, and […]

Road and Transit Groups Join Boxer to Push for Senate Jobs Bill

By Elana Schor | Feb 17, 2010 | 1 Comment

Representatives from Washington’s road and transit lobbies joined Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today to call for swift passage of job-creation legislation that is slated for a vote in the upper chamber of Congress on Monday. Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (Photo: AP) Faced with the prospects of a GOP filibuster, […]

Boxer, LaHood, Coming to Metro to Discuss Transportation Funding Bill

By Damien Newton | Feb 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

As Transportation Reformers continue to wait for the Senate to join the House of Representatives with a sense of urgency for re-authorizing the federal transportation spending bill; Senator Barbara Boxer and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will hold a "Town Hall" type meeting at Metro Headquarters from 9:30 A.M. to 3:45 P.M. The draft agenda for […]

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