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Senate Passes Tax Package Without Transit Benefits or Alternative Fuel Tax Credits; No Vote on Measure in the House
Date: December 21, 2011
FY2012 Appropriations Near Completion; Homeland Security Funding Included in End of Year Omnibus Bill; Cuts to First Responder Grants May Reduce Transit Security Grants
Date: December 16, 2011
Congress Passes Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Transportation Appropriations Bill; Further Continuing Resolution Included In Conference Agreement
Date: November 18, 2011
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Advances Bipartisan Two-Year Highway Reauthorization
Date: November 10, 2011
Senate Moves Forward With Package of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Appropriations Bills
Date: October 27, 2011
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Transportation Funding Bill
Date: September 23, 2011
House and Senate Leaders Agree on Deal for Six-Month SAFETEA-LU Extension; President Obama Unveils Jobs Proposal; Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Holds First Meeting; House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel
Date: September 13, 2011
Authorizing Law and Gas Tax Set to Expire September 30; Obama Urges Swift Passage of Clean Extension; Deficit Super Committee Begins Deliberations
Date: September 1, 2011
The President and Congress Approve Deal on Debt Ceiling and Deficit Reduction; Transportation Impacts Varied
Date: August 5, 2011
Congress Negotiating Deal on Debt Ceiling and Deficit Reduction; Transportation Funding Under Discussion
Date: July 22, 2011
House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Republicans Release Outline of New Authorization Proposal; House Democrats and Senate Committee Leaders Also Hold Press Events Regarding Authorization
Date: July 8, 2011
U.S. House and Senate Committees Announce Timeline for Authorization Legislation
Date: July 1, 2011
Senate EPW Committee Issues Details on Pending Authorization Proposal – Senate Banking Committee Advancing Transit Title
Date: May 26, 2011
Congress Completes Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Appropriations; Final Legislation Includes Significant Cuts to Surface Transportation Programs
Date: April 20, 2011
Budget Deal Reached for Remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 - Reductions in Transit and High Speed Rail Programs are Among Cuts
Date: April 12, 2011
Congress and White House Continue to Negotiate Federal Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 – House Proposes Short Term Continuing Resolution That Would Cut Transit and High Speed Rail
Date: April 5, 2011
APTA Legislative Conference and Capitol Hill Summit a Success!
Date: March 25, 2011
Congress Approves Three-Week Continuing Resolution for Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations
Date: March 21, 2011
Congress Extends SAFETEA-LU through September 30; Enacts Two-Week Continuing Resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Appropriations
Date: March 4, 2011
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution; Consideration of SAFETEA-LU Extension Expected Next Week
Date: February 23, 2011
President Obama Releases Budget Blueprint for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, Includes Authorization Proposal that Calls for $556 Billion in Transportation Investment Over Next Six Years!
Date: February 16, 2011
U.S. House to Act on Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution; Obama Administration Announces New High Speed Rail Program; Transportation & Infrastructure Chairman Mica to Hold Field Hearings on Authorization; Federal Transit Administration Releases Partial
Date: February 11, 2011
House and Senate Committee Leaders Unveil Preliminary Plans for Surface Transportation Authorization Legislation
Date: February 1, 2011
Proposed House Rules Change Threatens Guaranteed Funding For Transit – APTA Members Urged to Contact House Members to Oppose New Rule for Transportation Spending
Date: January 3, 2011

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