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ENR’s Washington, D.C. based news coverage is the most thorough in the construction industry. Our bureau chief and other journalists monitor all spending, procurement and political issues involving Congress, federal agencies and programs that affect spending by state and local governments. They also cover national politics and all branches of government.
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09/08/10 Labor Board Ruling Upholds Union ‘Bannering’

Construction labor unions and industry groups agree that a newly issued National Labor Relations Board ruling upholding union “bannering” is significant and precedent-setting.
09/01/10 Some ARRA Categories Near 100% Obligation

As the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act moves past the 18-month point, some of its key construction programs have nearly all their funds awarded or under contract.
09/01/10 Newly Approved Funds Will Go for Border Security
The Dept. of Homeland Security reports that it soon will begin putting $600 million in recently appropriated funds to use along the Southwest border.
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08/25/10 FRA Pushes To Spend High-Speed-Rail Funds
08/25/10 PBGC Says Multi-employer Plans’ Deficit Likely To Rise
08/25/10 Baucus Seeks U.S.-Canada Talks On Lumber Pricing
08/25/10 Penn State Selected To Lead Green-Buildings 'Hub'
08/18/10 Clean Coal Viable, Administration Says
08/18/10 EPA Seeks More Time To Fix ‘Flaw’ In 2009 Regulation
08/11/10 Senate To Revisit Oil-Spill/Energy Bill in Fall
08/11/10 EPA: New Rule Limits Mercury Emmissions From Cement Kilns
08/11/10 Highways: Report Spotlights Formulas
08/11/10 Fourth Woman in Court’s History Confirmed
08/04/10 Construction Industry Gets Ready to Implement Crane Safety Rule
08/04/10 Obama Signs Two-Month FAA Extension
08/04/10 Small-Business Measure Stalls
08/04/10 House Votes for Tougher Offshore Drilling Standards
07/28/10 Critics See Ways To Improve Bridge Program
07/28/10 FTA Pegs Capital Needs: $77.7 Billion
07/28/10 Senate Democrats Propose Scaled-Back Bill
07/28/10 Legislation: Senators Roll Out Freight Transport Bill
07/21/10 Industry Awaits Dodd-Frank Impact on Credit
07/21/10 The White House Reports Gains: ARRA Jobs, Outlays
07/21/10 SAFETEA-LU: DOT Holds Final ‘Town Hall’ for New Bill
07/21/10 Interim Regulation: Contractors Required To Report Execs’ Pay
07/14/10 FY11 Appropriations Move at Snail’s Pace
07/14/10 Streetcar, Bus Projects Share $293 Million
07/14/10 Industry Groups Criticize Possible Lead-Paint Proposal
07/07/10 Senate Committees Move on Oil-Spill Bills
07/07/10 Spending Bill With Post-Earthquake Aid Heads Back to Senate for New Vote
07/07/10 Justice Dept. Challenges Arizona Statute
07/07/10 Senate Vote Is Next for Financial Regulation Bill
06/30/10 Financial Bill May Tighten Construction Credit
06/30/10 High Court Expands Eligibility for Patent Protections
06/30/10 Pension Plans Get Help, ‘Extenders’ Bill Blocked
06/30/10 Haiti: Senate Report Finds Evidence Rebuilding Is ‘Stalled’'
06/23/10 Senate Panel's Report Sees Signs Haiti Rebuilding Is 'Stalled'
06/23/10 Embassy Program Charts New Directions
06/23/10 High Court Deals a Blow To the NLRB
06/23/10 Senate Aims for New Vote on ‘Extenders’ Package
06/23/10 EPA Wants To Revive Polluter Tax
06/16/10 Outlook Still Murky for Energy Bills
06/16/10 Taxes: Industry Groups Seek To Strike ‘S-Corp.’ Proposal From Senate Bill
06/09/10 Oil Spill May Give Senate Energy Bill a Boost
06/09/10 EPA Toughens Standards For SO2 Emissions
06/09/10 EPA Infrastructure Cost Estimate Climbs
06/02/10 House-Passed Tax Bill Has Pluses, Minuses
06/02/10 DOE Proposes Green Regulation For Federal Buildings
06/02/10 DOT Releases First ARRA Funds For High-Speed Lines
06/02/10 Haiti: Senate Clears $2.8 Billion in Aid For Post-Quake Work
05/26/10 White House, Congress React to Oil Spill
05/26/10 Jobs Bill Includes S-Corp. Tax Hike
05/26/10 Obama Orders Fuel-Economy Standards for Big Trucks
05/19/10 Infrastructure Bank Idea Is On Back Burner
05/19/10 EPA Issues Greenhouse-Gas ‘Tailoring’ Rule
05/19/10 Strategy For Chesapeake Bay Has Teeth
05/19/10 Senate Confirms Ayers As Capitol Architect
05/12/10 Stimulus Funding Is Winding Down
05/12/10 House Passes ‘Cash for Caulkers’ Legislation
05/12/10 DOT Seeks To Alter DBE Regulations
05/12/10 Senate Panel Taking Requests For New WRDA Projects
05/05/10 GSA Criticized for Lack of FY11 Court Projects
05/05/10 DOT: New Round Of ‘TIGER’ Grants Set To Start
05/05/10 Airports: Thirteenth FAA Extension Signed Into Law
04/28/10 Senate Climate Bill Stalled But Still Alive
04/28/10 Buy American’s Canada Ready For Longer-Range Talks With U.S.
04/21/10 New Water-Resources Bill Slowly Takes Shape
04/21/10 Democrats Seek Funding Source For High-Speed Lines
04/21/10 Judge to EPA: Step Up Everglades Enforcement
04/21/10 Procurement: White House Mulling Changes to Policy
04/14/10 DOT Gears Up for Next Round of Rail Grants
04/14/10 Agencies’ ‘Green’ Plans Due At White House in June
04/14/10 FHWA Rejects Toll Plan For I-80 in Pennsylvania
04/14/10 Views Split On New Rule For Project-Labor Pacts
04/07/10 Build America Bonds Are Taking Off
04/07/10 New Policy Could Reduce Mountaintop Mining
04/07/10 Haiti: Donors Commit $5.3 Billion to First Reconstruction Phase
04/07/10 Agencies Call for Removing Problem Drywall
03/31/10 Health-Care Overhaul Becomes Law
03/31/10 Obama Appoints Controversial Nominee to NLRB
03/31/10 FAA Gets 12th Short-Term Extension
03/31/10 House Votes to Extend ‘Build America’ Bonds
03/24/10 Transport Programs Extended Through Dec. 31
03/24/10 Senate Passes Two-Year Bill, New Stopgap Likely
03/24/10 Health-Care Debate Isn't Dying Down
03/17/10 State Senate Debates Airport Funding Measure
03/17/10 Fate of Merkley Health-Care Measure Unclear
03/10/10 Water Resources Policy Changes Inch Along
03/10/10 State DOTs Continue To Move Highway Funds Out
03/10/10 Senate Bill Would Cut Emissions Of SO2, NOx, Mercury
03/10/10 OSHA Extends Comment Period For Record-Keeping Rule
03/03/10 Limited Benefits Seen From U.S.-Canada Pact
03/03/10 Acting Capitol Architect Nominated for Full 10-Year Term
02/24/10 EPA: Greenhouse-Gas ‘Endangerment Finding’ Under Fire
02/24/10 Obama Unveils Plan To Kick-Start Health Talks
02/24/10 Jobs: Senate Bill Ends Debate, Moves Closer to Passage
02/17/10 NLRB Nominee On Hold as Senate Fails To Acte
02/17/10 Panel Warns Of More Commercial-Loan Defaults
02/17/10 U.S.-Canada Pact Aims To Ease ‘Buy American’ Flap
01/27/10 Move To Block EPA Greenhouse Rule Nears Senate Vote
01/27/10 High Court Eases Corporate Election-Ad Limits
01/20/10 ARRA Construction Jobs Pegged at 262,000
01/20/10 EPA Steps In To Fight Water Pollution in Florida
01/13/10 Health-Care, Jobs Bills Lead Hill Agenda
01/13/10 Legal: High Court To Hear Labor Case
01/13/10 Health Care: Union Leaders Meet With President Obama
01/07/10 Two Prominent Democrats to Retire
01/06/10 OSHA Gears Up for Ambitious 2010 Agenda
12/30/09 Landmark Health Care Bill Splits Industry
12/24/09 Industry Now Has Bigger Stake In Final Health-Care Compromise
12/16/09 Construction Has Winners, Losers in 2010 Bill
12/16/09 Airports: Congress Approves Three-Month FAA Stopgap
12/16/09 Stimulus: HHS Awards $509 Million For Health Clinics
12/12/09 Clean Air: Bipartisan Plans Arise in Senate
12/09/09 EPA Is Closer To Regulating Carbon Dioxide
12/02/09 Stimulus: DOE Awards $620 Million In Smart-Grid Grants
12/02/09 Clean Air: Obama To Offer 17% Cut In U.S. Emissions
12/02/09 CBO Report May Help Health Bill Gain Support
12/02/09 Estate Tax: House Expected To Pass Legislative Fix
11/25/09 Key Senators Seek Six-Month Transport Bill
11/25/09 Stimulus: GAO Finds Inaccuracies In ARRA Data
11/25/09 Health Care: Senate To Take Up $848- Billion Measure
11/18/09 States' Fiscal Crunch Could Stretch to 2012
11/18/09 EPA: Greenhouse-Gas Reporting Rule Takes Effect on Dec. 30
11/11/09 Prospects Uncertain for Climate Bill in Senate
11/05/09 Senate Panel Approves Climate Change Bill
11/04/09 Stopgap Extends SAFETEA-LU Through Dec.18
11/04/09 Stimulus: Construction Jobs Impact Pegged at 80,000
11/04/09 Legislation: Senate Moves To Broaden ARRA Tax Breaks
11/04/09 Procurement: OMB Outlines Changes To Save $40 Billion
10/28/09 House Democrats Search for New Jobs Bills
10/28/09 NLRB: Nominee Faces Republican Opposition
10/28/09 Border: Lawmakers Nix Additional 600 Miles of Fencing
10/21/09 EPA To Step Up Clean-Water Enforcement
10/21/09 Congress Clears Fiscal 2010 Energy- and Water-Spending Measure
10/14/09 New Jobs-Producing Plans Stir on Capitol Hill
10/14/09 OSHA: Business, Unions Split On Obama's Nomineel
10/14/09 Health Care: Panel In Senate Clears Bill With One GOP Vote
10/07/09 Round Two of ARRA Rail Grants Draws Huge Crowd
10/07/09 Stimulus Work Is Up, But So Is Jobless Rate
09/30/09 Extensions On Tap for Key Construction Bills
09/30/09 Parks: Top Position Goes to 33-Year NPS Veteran
09/30/09 Labor: Views Differ On PLA Proposal
09/30/09 Stimulus: Proposals Pour In to DOT For TIGER Grants
09/23/09 No U.S.-Canadian Deal Yet on 'Buy American'
09/23/09 Competition Fierce for DOT ‘TIGER’ Grants
09/16/09 ARRA Construction Jobs Pegged at 133,000
09/16/09 NIST Insider Is Obama's Choice For Agency's Top Post
09/11/09 Obama to Nominate NIST Insider for Its Top Post
09/09/09 Deadlines Loom for Transport, Spending Bills
09/02/09 Federal Gulf Coast Task Force Is Launched
09/02/09 E-Verify: DHS Rule Deemed Legal
09/02/09 Highways: States Oppose Looming $8.7-Billion Cut
08/26/09 So Far, Mixed Results in FY10 Spending Bills
08/26/09 Immigration: DHS Could Revoke 'No Match' Rule
08/26/09 Buildings: Retrofit Incentives Backed By White House
08/26/09 Rules: Comment Period Extended For PLA Proposal
08/19/09 'Buy America' Worries Persist Despite Waivers
08/19/09 Renewables: Tax Credit for Manufacturing Facilities
08/19/09 Dept. of Labor: New Employer Notices Proposed
08/12/09 Peck Returning as GSA Public-Buildings Chief
08/12/09 Senate Aide Approved for Army's Top Civil-Works Post
08/12/09 Perchlorate Under EPA Scrutiny
08/12/09 Obama Signs $7-Billion Trust-Fund 'Fix'
08/05/09 After 'Fix,' Trust Fund Still Not Out of the Woods
08/05/09 Senate Bill Has $700 Million For Construction
08/05/09 New Commander Picked For Corps' Gulf Division
08/05/09 Uranium Plant Has a Setback
07/29/09 Employee Free Choice Act at a Stalemate
07/29/09 Stimulus: Gains Continue in Road, Transit Projects
07/29/09 More Funding for Green Jobs
07/29/09 OSHA: Ex-DOE Safety Official Picked for Top Job
07/22/09 House Give Small Hike To Corps Construction
07/22/09 Clean Water Trust Fund Generating Buzz
07/22/09 Senate Panel Clears AIP Hike
07/22/09 Senate 'Hold' Stalls EPA Nomination
07/08/09 House Defense Bill Tightens Guam Labor Rules
07/08/09 Big Boost Appears Likely for EPA Water Accounts
07/08/09 Maglev Loses Key Support
07/01/09 Jockeying Continues on Highway Bills
07/01/09 DOE Issues New Lighting-Efficiency Standards
07/01/09 McConnell Concerned About 'Card Check' Bill
07/01/09 EPA Proposes Limits for NO2
06/24/09 Green Light Given for High-Speed-Rail Grants
06/17/09 Spending Bill Has $4.5 Billion For Construction
06/17/09 FERC Chief Mulls Ruling In Siting Case
06/17/09 VA: Senator Seeks GAO Review of Construction Plan
06/17/09 ARRA 'Buy American' Mandate Draws Flak
06/10/09 Senate Panel at Work on Massive Energy Bill
06/10/09 Obama Seeks To Speed Plan's Job Growth
06/10/09 Fiscal Crunch Continues
06/10/09 Test Data on Chinese Drywall Expected in July
06/03/09 DOT Maps Out $1.5-Billion Stimulus Grant Plan
06/03/09 Highways: New Shortfall Projected For Trust Fund
06/03/09 Stimulus: Funds for "Green" Job Training Released
06/03/09 EPA: Senate Confirms McCarthy To Lead Air Office
05/27/09 War Funding Bills Carry DOD Construction Aid
05/27/09 Legal: Obama Picks Sotomayor for Seat on Supreme Court
05/27/09 People: Nominees Confirmed for DOT, BuRec, DOE Slots
05/20/09 Industry Sees Brighter Prospects for Water Bill
05/20/09 Labor: Solis Out-lines Proposed Budget, Staff Hikes
05/13/09 FTA Study Sees $50-Billion Rail Transit Need
05/13/09 Labor: Obama Picks Two Democrats For NLRB Slots
05/06/09 Stimulus Reviews for DOT: So Far, So Good
05/06/09 DOD: House Bill Hikes Funding For Hospital Projects
05/06/09 Congress: June House Vote Seen On Transport Bill
05/06/09 EPA: Nominee Faces a 'Hold' In the Senate
04/29/09 Corps Unveils $4.6-Billion Stimulus Lineup
04/29/09 BRAC: Total Cost 48% Higher Than Initial Estimate
04/29/09 Senate: Specter’s Party Switch Boosts Democrats
04/22/09 EPA Takes Step Toward Regulating Carbon
04/22/09 Stimulus: More Than $3.3 Billion for Smart Grid
04/22/09 NERC: Transmission Grid Must be Updated
04/22/09 E-Verify: Deadline Pushed Back A Third Time
04/15/09 White House Filling Agency Vacancies
04/10/09 Maryland Transportation Chief Picked for Deputy U.S. DOT Post
04/01/09 Employee Free-Choice Bill Stalled but Alive
04/01/09 FAA: Former Pilot's Union Head Tapped For Agency Post
04/01/09 Highways: LaHood Voices Support for Infrastructure Bank
04/01/09 EPA: Choice for Number-Two Post Pulls Out
03/25/09 $410-Billion Bill Signed, Earmarks and All
03/25/09 House Approves $19.4-Billion SRF Authorization
03/25/09 Carbon: Congress Looks at Emissions
03/25/09 BuRec: Agency Chief Nominated
03/18/09 $410-Billion Bill Signed, Earmarks and All
03/18/09 House Approves $19.4-Billion SRF Authorization
03/11/09 Another Extension Is Likely for FAA Programs
03/11/09 Garvey Declines Deputy Secretary Post
03/11/09 Sole-Source Contracts Tightened
03/11/09 Obama Requests Endagered Species Rule Review
03/04/09 Replace Fuel Tax With User Fee, Says Report
03/04/09 Embattled Labor Secretary Nominee Confirmed
02/25/09 Stimulus Law Opens the Door to More Bonding
02/25/09 Series of Clean Air Act Actions Begin To Set New Tone at EPA
02/11/09 New Executive Order Could Expand PLAs
02/04/09 Three Executive Orders Good News for Labor
02/04/09 Iraq Reconstruction: New Report Highlights Missteps
01/28/09 LaHood, Jackson Confirmed to Key Positions
01/14/09 Confirmation Likely for Labor Dept. Nominee
01/14/09 Nominee Chu Seems En Route To Quick Confirmation
01/14/09 High Court Hears Arguments In Mining-Waste Case
01/14/09 Iraq Oil-Sector Audit Warns Gains at Risk
01/07/09 Industry Pines for Details of Stimulus Plan
01/07/09 Business Groups Object To ‘E-Verify’ Change
01/07/09 Rapanos Strikes Deal With EPA, Justice Dept.
01/07/09 Acting Chief Named for Public Buildings Service
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