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Congressman Brendan F. Boyle released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R.22, the DRIVE Act, a bipartisan bill providing $325 billion to reauthorize federal-aid highway and transit programs for six years.
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON — Two days before the end of his quarter-century in Congress, Speaker John A. Boehner's barn is looking pretty clean.
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a crucial bipartisan budget accord that in one relatively tight 144-page bill stands to end five years of bitter clashes between Republicans and the Obama administration over fiscal policy, allowing Mr. Boehner to fulfill his metaphorical pledge.
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Exporters For Ex-Im Coalition Applauds Pennsylvania Lawmakers For Voting To Reauthorize Ex-Im
Washington, DC – The Exporters For Ex-Im Coalition released the following statement upon passage of legislation to reform and reauthorize the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank:
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) will join House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and other House Democrats for the third "Make It In America: What's Next?" hearing from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) voted with 312 other Democratic and Republican colleagues in the House to pass H.R. 597, a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the job-creating Export-Import Bank.
The Honorable Brendan F. Boyle
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Congressman Boyle:
On behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, thank you for supporting reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) yesterday. Failure to reauthorize Ex-Im has put at risk hundreds of thousands of American jobs and hurt our small- and medium-size businesses. Without the Bank's services, the U.S. budget deficit will rise, and American companies have already lost crucial support overseas, falling behind foreign competitors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With just eleven days remaining before a November 3 deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling to avoid a government default, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn, and hundreds of other Democratic lawmakers to announce the support of the House Democratic Caucus for a clean extension of the debt ceiling.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) issued the following statement about the Treasury Department's plan for Puerto Rico:
By Northeast Times Staff Oct. 21, 2015
Former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell joined U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle at a Roosevelt Boulevard intersection on Oct. 12 to issue a public demand for Congress' renewal of federal funding for the nation's road, bridges and transit systems.
Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-D-13) once again demanded immediate action in Congress now that the Highway Trust Fund is set to expire in only 17 days. With the looming October 29st deadline, Congressman Boyle again called for a long-term bipartisan solution that will repair America's deteriorating roads, bridges and transit systems – like he helped to achieve in the Pennsylvania State House when Democrats and Republicans came together to fund these important infrastructure needs.