Here’s what’s making Congress’s funding deal so tough for transportation and what a shutdown means for USDOT - Transportation For America With both parties failing to reach an agreement on how to extend appropriations for federal agencies last night, we’ve entered a government shutdown, the first since 2019. While the main driver of this shutdown stems from Democrats’ intent to prevent the expiration of certain healthcare tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, the chaos affecting […]

Even before the shutdown, the pace of vital programs such as Safe Streets and Roads for All has slowed, while other funding has lapsed altogether.

t4america.org/2025/10/01/h...

#GovernmentShutdown #USDOTAccountability #InfrastructurePolicy #FederalFunding #TransportationReform