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March 5, 2010


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	REAUTHORIZATION

Highway Trust Fund Resumes Payments After 2-Day Shutdown

Highway Trust Fund payments shut down this week for the first time in the fund's 54-year history after spending authority expired Sunday, resulting in a two-day suspension of federal highway and transit reimbursements to state transportation departments and transit authorities as well as the two-day furlough of some 2,000 U.S. Department of Transportation employees. The shutdown was short lived, however, as the Senate approved a 28-day authorization extension Tuesday night, putting the trust fund back in operation and U.S. DOT workers back on the job first thing Wednesday. The House of Representatives then voted Thursday to approve a 10-month authorization extension, which now returns to the Senate for further consideration.

Senate EPW Committee Focuses on Transportation's Job-Creating Potential

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing Wednesday to examine the ways that transportation investment creates and sustains jobs and how it also strengthens the nation's economic competitiveness. Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer characterized the hearing as "the kickoff" for the Senate's drafting of a six-year surface transportation authorization bill.


	BUDGET

U.S. DOT Officials Discuss FY 2011 Proposal with 2 Senate Panels

Two Senate panels heard testimony Thursday from the top two U.S. Department of Transportation officials regarding the department's budget request for Fiscal Year 2011.


Economic Recovery


	OBLIGATION DEADLINE

All States Meet Deadline for 100% Obligation of Recovery Funds

Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood appeared Monday at a recovery act construction site near Orlando, FL, to announce that every state and the District of Columbia met the March 2 deadline to obligate 100 percent of their recovery highway funds.


Briefing


	KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

LaHood Touts Safety, Recovery, Rail in Washington Briefing Remarks

Rogoff, Mendez, Szabo Address Washington Briefing


	REAUTHORIZATION

DeFazio, Congressional Staffers Examine Outlook for Reauthorization

House, Senate Staff Ask "How Do We Pay" for New Multiyear Bill

Transportation Interest Groups Share Reuthorization Perspectives


	NOTE TO READERS

Additional Washington Briefing Coverage Will Appear in Next Week's Journal


Nation


	CONSTRUCTION SPENDING

Public Projects Up, Private Projects Down in January


	ENVIRONMENT

AASHTO Submits Comments to EPA on Proposed Stormwater Regulations


States


	PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Florida Breaks Ground on I-595 Express Lanes


AASHTO


	TRANSPORTATION TV

TTV Covers Highway Trust Fund Shutdown & AASHTO Washington Briefing


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