With March 31 deadline looming, industry associations hope to spur divided Congress to act now to reauthorize programs. The potholes ahead are big enough to swallow a tractor-trailer many times over, but Congress appears ready to finally get serious about passing a long-overdue highway and transit bill. And that’s put transportation lobbyists into overdrive. As the Senate and House prepared to vote on very different pieces of legislation in February, transportation and business associations were swarming Capitol Hill, packing markup meetings and rallying the grassroots. Perrotta Among the hottest tickets was the Feb. 2 meeting of the House Committee on… Read More