E&E News interviewed Manatt's June DeHart, a partner in the firm's Federal Government Affairs and Public Policy practice, for an article on the effects that the election results will likely have on highway and transit funding.
As reported by E&E News, the election results are likely to snuff already faint prospects for passage of a long-term highway and transit funding bill on Capitol Hill in the lame-duck session. And while the results of a host of state and local transportation funding measures produced a mixed scorecard, the outcome of a closely watched Massachusetts initiative highlighted the continued political obstacles to raising fuel taxes.
DeHart predicted no action this year, although she thought the long-term prospects were good. "Republicans will wait until they control both houses in the next Congress," DeHart said.