Jeff Davis

RT @mmcassella: Just broke on CNBC: A WH official confirms to me the new tariff against China this term now totals **145%**, not 125% as th…

RT @elwasson: BUDGET: House will NOT vote on Senate budget tonight. @SpeakerJohnson says they will probably vote tomorrow on it

RT @PoPville: Terrible News: Brookland’s Finest announces it will be closing for good in mid April. - Brookland’s Finest truly lived up to…

Three new and previously unannounced nominations to @USDOT posts made by the WhIte House yesterday. I think the unnamed AsstSec job is Multimodal Freight but can't be certain yet. https://t.co/QJTrhrshZr

RT @ddiamond: incredible anecdote in one of Phil Jackson’s memoirs: MJ and the Chicago Bulls accidentally drank Gaterlode, a high-carb drin…

Part of the reason that Gardner was pushed out at Amtrak - the return of systemic operating losses post-COVID, even in the non-GAAP way that Amtrak presents them. (Ridership was back to the pre-COVID level in 2024, but no more breakeven.) https://t.co/HXjFXKiJAL

Farewell statement of @Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner, who announced his departure just now... https://t.co/YtIWxZyBnj

RT @lil_byington: Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner is stepping down "to ensure that Amtrak continues to enjoy the full faith and confidence of th…

RT @CraigCaplan: President Trump selected Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford to head the FAA. If confirmed by the Senate,he'll succeed Mich…

RT @MikeGrunwald: I love my economist friends, and they're right that carbon taxes are the most efficient way to tackle emissions, but I ho…

RT @frankthorp: SCHUMER: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much much worse…

RT @SenateCloakroom: Votes scheduled: At 11:45am, on Tuesday, March 11th, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invo…

RT @JoshKraushaar: Apparently image of “Enola Gay” bomber was removed because it has the word “gay” in it. Ya can’t make this stuff up.

This means we should get a Senate floor vote on confirming Steven Bradbury for S-2 at @USDOT next week.

Senate Cloakroom @SenateCloakroom

Leader Thune filed cloture on Executive Calendar #26 Steven Bradbury to be Deputy Secretary of @USDOT.

Worth noting that, in the past, Congress showed they could enact a full-year CR WITH significant spending cuts. This package passed the House with 179 GOP votes and 81 Dem votes on 4/14/2011. Senate vote was 81 to 19. It cut my subcommittee by 18 percent from the year before. https://t.co/EYPB7Rl83R

Under the budget plan passed by the House yesterday, the public debt held by the public would rise from today's $87 thousand for every man, woman, and child in the US to almost $134 thousand per capita ten years from now. Not quite "balanced."

Interesting point from @SecDuffy letter. Maybe after 34 years, time to rename VPPP? "To be sure, the termination of the program may deprive the transit system of funding, but any reliance on that funding stream was not reasonable given that FHWA approved only a 'pilot project'."