November 1, 2019

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Top News

• A Divided House Endorses Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump. New York Times
• Senate passes FY2020 minibus; funding for public transit preserved. Mass Transit Magazine
• White House plans to name Chad Wolf acting DHS secretary. Politico
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture

• White House Backing Off Proposed Fuel-Efficiency Freeze. Wall Street Journal
• Can PG&E Survive the California Wildfires? New York Times
• Can Green License Plates Help Plug Electric Cars? CityLab

Indian Affairs 

• Native American Heritage month begins Friday. Indian Country Today
• Cities, Tribes Try a New Environmental Approach: Give Nature Rights. Stateline
• Seattle gets new housing for Native Americans exiting homelessness. KOMO News

Labor

• Jobs Report: U.S. Added 128,000 to Payrolls Despite G.M. Strike. New York Times
• Freight railroads launch new bargaining round with unions. Progressive Railroading
• With Obama-era Plan Scrapped, States Act to Expand Overtime Pay. Route Fifty
• Uber and Lyft Fight a Law They Say Doesn’t Apply to Them. Wired

Taxation & Trade

• Treasury, IRS propose form to collect data about investments in opportunity zones. The Hill
• Pelosi calls USMCA ‘easiest trade deal,’ Sees vote when ready. American Journal of Transportation
• Trade body: China can hit US with sanctions worth $3.6 bln. Washington Post
• Trump Warns Johnson His Brexit Deal Makes U.S. Trade Deal Hard. Bloomberg

Technology

• Lyft is taking the human judgment out of critical safety decisions. Washington Post
• Twitter bans political ads ahead of 2020 election. Associated Press
• Transportation Leaders Officially Kick Off Volpe Center Construction. Transportation Today

Transportation & Infrastructure

• APTA hails Senate action to stop public transit funding cuts. Progressive Railroading
• House advances four transportation bills from Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Transportation Today
• DOT IG Outlines FMCSA’s Top Management Challenges for 2020. Transport Topics
• USDOT’s Chao Announces New ‘Mobility And Inclusion’ Programs. AASHTO Journal

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