Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008

Congress unified on bill to halt Bush administration program

2007-12-12T19:00:00Z

According to the conference report on the House bill, HR 3074, issued Nov. 13, "None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to establish a ...

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Teamsters rally against cross-border trucking

2007-12-06T19:00:00Z

While approved 270-147 by the House, HR 3074's future is in doubt. President Bush has threatened to veto the $105.6 billion package, and the House vote fell ...

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City Manager: Plans in development to pay for overpass project

2007-11-26T19:00:00Z

... an earmark of $250000 that is included in the House FY08 Transportation, Housing & Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill HR 3074. ...

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St. Botolph tenants fight for their homes

2007-11-18T19:00:00Z

He issued a veto threat to HR 3074 - which was passed by the House by a vote of 268-153 this summer to provide $5.81 billion to the project-based Section 8 ...

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Bridge plans await funding

2007-11-16T19:00:00Z

... for the project in the conference report for the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (HR 3074). ...

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House passes transportation spending bill, but Bush vows to veto it

2007-11-14T19:00:00Z

The bill—entitled HR 3074 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008—would block the Department of ...

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Funds set for area projects clear panel

2007-11-12T19:00:00Z

Minnesota will receive almost $272 million for 17 Minnesota project under HR 3074, US Sen. Amy Klobuchar said. It includes $55 million for the construction ...

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Veto showdown -- maybe over Sound Transit funding

2007-11-08T19:00:00Z

The conference bill, HR 3074, proposes spending $105.3 billion for federal Department of Transportation programs. As approved by a House-Senate conference ...

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Resolution calls for end of NAFTA superhighway, abandonment of ...

2007-09-24T20:00:00Z

The House approved HR 3074 by 268-153, with the Hunter amendment included. "So, I think a majority the House, if you had an up or down vote on the SPP, ...

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Wyo senators slam spending bill

2007-09-18T20:00:00Z

Eighty-eight senators, including 40 Republicans, approved HR 3074. Seven senators, all Republicans, voted against the bill. HR 3074 appropriates $104.6 ...

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Funding for rail construction sought

2007-09-17T20:00:00Z

... for 10 major Minnesota initiatives under a transportation, housing and urban development bill, HR 3074, that passed the Senate by a vote of 88-7. ...

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Area Votes in Congress

2007-09-15T20:00:00Z

All Philadelphia-area senators voted for HR 3074, which now goes to conference with the House. Bridge repairs. Senators approved, 60-33, $1 billion that ...

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What is the money for?

2007-09-15T20:00:00Z

The amendment to the $104.6 billion Transportation-HUD measure (HR 3074) would bar funds from being used for a controversial Transportation Department pilot ...

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Thomas Voting Reports

2007-09-15T20:00:00Z

A yes vote backed a bill (HR 3074) providing $41 billion for highway improvements and $75 million to house homeless veterans. Voting yes: Maria Cantwell, D, ...

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How Texans voted

2007-09-15T20:00:00Z

Transportation, Housing budgets: Passed, 88-7, a bill (HR 3074) to appropriate $104.6 billion in fiscal 2008 for the departments of Transportation and ...

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Senate bill might offer hope for affordable housing in Fayetteville

2007-09-14T20:00:00Z

The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (HR 3074 ), which is aimed at improving the nation’s ...

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Nelson: Senate Passes $65.7 Billion Transportation, HUD ...

2007-09-13T20:00:00Z

The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (HR 3074), provides $65.7 billion to improve our highways and ...

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BTA Disappointed in Senate Action to Delay Cross-Border Trucking ...

2007-09-11T20:00:00Z

The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) today expressed its disappointment in the passage of Senate Amendment 2797 to HR 3074, the FY2008 Appropriations for the ...

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BTA Opposes Senate Amendment to Delay Cross-Border Trucking Program

2007-09-11T20:00:00Z

The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) today voiced its opposition to Senate Amendment 2797 to HR 3074, the FY2008 Appropriations for the Departments of ...

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Transportation-HUD Bill Passes as Senate Ignores Veto Threat

2007-09-11T20:00:00Z

By a vote of 88-7, the Senate capped three days of work on the $104.6 billion measure ( HR 3074 ) that funds programs at the Department of Transportation ...

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Senator Klobuchar Secures $306.5 Million for Minnesota ...

2007-09-11T20:00:00Z

... major Minnesota initiatives as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill, HR 3074, which passed the Senate today by a vote of 88-7. ...

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US Senate Passes Hutchison Amendment to Ban Tolling Existing TX ...

2007-09-11T20:00:00Z

WASHINGTON-Texas' senior Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) today passed an amendment to HR 3074, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Transportation, Housing, ...

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Senate Amendment Would Bar Funds for Mexican Truck Pilot Program

2007-09-10T20:00:00Z

The amendment to the $104.6 billion Transportation-HUD measure ( HR 3074 ) would bar funds from being used for a controversial Transportation Department ...

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Senate Work on Transportation Spending Bill Slows

2007-09-10T20:00:00Z

The amendment was eventually killed as not germane to the spending measure ( HR 3074 ), but not before the squabbling ate up significant time that had been ...

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BREAKING NEWS: First certified Mexican truck crosses US border

2007-09-07T20:00:00Z

On July 24, the House passed the fiscal 2008 funding bill (HR 3074) for the Department of Transportation and other agencies that included a provision to bar ...

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Congressman: Bush 'hell-bent' to green-light foreign truckers

2007-09-06T20:00:00Z

In July, the House approved an amendment offered by DeFazio to HR 3074, the FY 2008 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Act and was approved by a voice vote. ...

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Dodd Praises Bernanke, Assails Administration Response to Credit ...

2007-08-21T20:00:00Z

Dodd noted that the Senate version of the fiscal 2008 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill ( HR 3074 , S 1789 ), would provide $100 million to housing ...

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North American Union -- Conference or Conspiracy

2007-08-05T20:00:00Z

Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a GOP presidential candidate, introduced an amendment to HR 3074, the Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, ...

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Unhappy camper

2007-08-01T20:00:00Z

( HR 3074,Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008) Last week's press release quoted resolution HCR 40, ...

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Jones secures funding for Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum

2007-07-31T20:00:00Z

Walter B. Jones (R-NC) has announced that he secured $150000 in HR 3074 - the House Transportation Appropriations Bill - to help complete construction of ...

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Bill in Congress would help pay for work at new Saline County Airport

2007-07-30T20:00:00Z

Snyder said more than $1 million for central Arkansas is contained in HR 3074. It includes $500000 for design studies and environmental work, ...

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'Late Great USA' documents plan to integrate North America

2007-07-29T20:00:00Z

Hunter's amendment was added recently to HR 3074, the Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008 on a 362-63 vote. ...

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Now Cheney chimes in: Ain't no superhighways

2007-07-28T20:00:00Z

Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a GOP presidential candidate, introduced an amendment to HR 3074, the Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, ...

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$Millions In Congressional Pipeline For So. Md. Transportation ...

2007-07-27T20:00:00Z

The funds, were allocated in the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill (HR 3074). The bill must now be reconciled with the ...

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In an Historic Vote, Congress Moves to Limit SPP Funding

2007-07-26T20:00:00Z

... Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America, yesterday the House approved by a vote of 362 to 63 an amendment to HR 3074 (Transportation, ...

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Governor, congressmen bicker over I-80 tolls

2007-07-26T20:00:00Z

The US House passed the amendment to next year’s federal transportation funding bill, HR 3074, by voice vote July 24. The Senate will pass a separate bill, ...

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Global backlash against globalization?

2007-07-25T20:00:00Z

Another shock to the pro-globalization elite is the overwhelming passage (362-63 on July 24, 2007) of the Duncan Hunter Amendment (HR 3074) to the ...

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Airport to get $1 million for improvements

2007-07-25T20:00:00Z

The bill, HR 3074, passed 268 - 153. The US Senate must now approve its version of the act, then the full Congress must fine-tune it before Bush gets it. ...

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Two lawmakers from W. Pa. act to ban I-80 tolls

2007-07-25T20:00:00Z

The bill (HR 3074) passed, 268-153. Windle said Peterson "voted against final passage out of a sense of fiscal responsibility . . . he felt it was just too ...

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Mahan Dr. widening gets funds

2007-07-25T20:00:00Z

The bill (HR 3074) now goes to the Senate. The package included $250000 for widening US 90 (Mahan) between Dempsey Mayo Road and Interstate 10, ...

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SIRES VOTES FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS

2007-07-24T20:00:00Z

HR 3074 provides $50.7 billion in discretionary spending, which represents an increase from last year's funding level. "Housing is one of my top priorities ...

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US Rep. Braley: Secures $670000 for Eastern Iowa in Transportation ...

2007-07-24T20:00:00Z

Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) announced that he secured $670000 for eastern Iowa infrastructure needs in the FY 2008 Transportation appropriations bill (HR 3074). ...

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House Approves Funding for Road Projects

2007-07-24T20:00:00Z

Representative Nancy Boyda requested the funding, included in HR 3074, the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations ...

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Grand Lagoon bridge replacement gets funding

2007-07-24T20:00:00Z

This funding was included in the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act (HR 3074) for Fiscal Year 2008, which passed last night ...

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House bill would buy 3 Harbor Transit buses

2007-07-24T20:00:00Z

... the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for federal fiscal year 2008 (HR-3074). ...

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House Passes $104.4 Billion Transportation Bill

2007-07-24T20:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives passed a $104.4 billion fiscal year 2008 Transportation-Housing spending bill (HR 3074) on Tuesday, July 24, after spending ...

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SIRES VOTES FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS

2007-07-24T20:00:00Z

HR 3074 provides $50.7 billion in discretionary spending, which represents an increase from last year’s funding level. “Housing is one of my top priorities ...

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White House Threatens Veto of Transportation-HUD Bill

2007-07-22T20:00:00Z

The $104 billion bill funding the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development departments ( HR 3074 ) is $4.1 billion more than Bush requested and $5.9 ...

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Transportation-HUD Funding Fight Moves to House

2007-07-19T20:00:00Z

The administration has not yet issued a formal policy statement on the appropriations bill ( HR 3074 ), but the White House has lodged a blanket veto threat ...

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