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State 2016 BALLOT MEASURE SCORECARD Community or Region Ballot Measure Description Action To Be Decided Outcome A Spokane On November 8, 2016, voters will have the option to approve or reject Spokane Transit Authority (STA) Proposition 1, authorizing an 0.2 percent increase in local sales and use tax to help fund STA Moving Forward, the 10-year plan to: 1) Connect people to services; 2) Connect workers to jobs; 3) Help advance regional economic development. .2 percent sales tax YES NO Y Jackson & Teton Counties One percent sales tax increase to fund housing and transit projects. On the transit side, funding would offset operating and capital costs for START bus system. one percent sales tax increase YES NO Results (to be Updated November 9, 2016) Number of Ballot Measures Approved: Number of Ballot Measures Rejected: 2016 Percentage of Ballot Measures Approved: 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSALS Hillary Clinton Fve-year, $275 billion dollar infrastructure plan Allocate $250 billion to direct public investment. Dedicate the other $25 billion to a national infrastructure bank. The bank would leverage its $25 billion in funds to support up to an additional $225 billion in direct loans, loan guarantees, and other forms of credit enhancement. "Expand public transit options to lower transportation costs and unlock economic opportunity for Americans in opportunity deserts." "Build a faster, safer, and higher capacity passenger rail system." Donald Trump $500 billion dollar infrastructure plan "Build the next generation of roads, bridges, railways, tunnels, sea ports, and airports." No official details provided on campaign website. Investment provided through national bond measures: “The citizens would put money into the fund. It would be a great investment, and it would put a lot of people to work.” "Domestically, we need to undertake a massive rebuilding of our infrastructure... Public transit is overcrowded and unreliable and our airports must be rebuilt. You go to countries like China and many others and you look at their train systems and their public transport. It’s so much better."
2016 Senate Overview & Banking Committee Members Party Control: Republican Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Minority Leader: Harry Reid (D-NV, retiring) 55 Republican, 44 Democrat Democratic Seats Needed to Control: +5 Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Richard Shelby: Chairman (R-AL) Sherrod Brown: Ranking Member (D-OH) Members Running for Re-Election in 2016 Richard Shelby (AL) Mike Crapo (ID) Patrick Toomey (PA) Mark Kirk (IL) Tim Scott (S.C.) Jerry Moran (KS) David Vitter (LA) – retiring Chuck Schumer (NY) 2016 House of Representatives Overview & T&I Committee Members Party Control: Republican Speaker: Paul Ryan (R-WI) Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) 247 Republican, 188 Democrat Democratic Seats Needed to Control: 32 Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Bill Shuster: Chairman (R-PA) Peter DeFazio: Ranking Member (D-OR) Incumbents seeking re-election Bill Shuster, PA Don Young, AK Jimmy Duncan, TN John Mica, FL Frank LoBiondo, NJ Sam Graves, MO Duncan D. Hunter, CA Rick Crawford, AR Lou Barletta, PA Blake Farenthold, TX Bob Gibbs, OH Daniel Webster, FL Jeff Denham, CA Thomas Massie, KY Mark Meadows, NC Scott Perry, PA Rodney L. Davis, IL Mark Sanford, S.C. Rob Woodall, GA Todd Rokita, IN John Katko, NY Brian Babin, TX Cresent Hardy, NV Ryan Costello, PA Garret Graves, LA Mimi Walters, CA Barbara Comstock, VA Carlos Curbelo, FL David Rouzer, N.C. Lee Zeldin, N.Y. Mike Bost, IL Peter DeFazio, OR Eleanor Holmes Norton D.C. Jerrold Nadler, N.Y. Corrine Brown, FL Eddie B. Johnson, TX Elijah Cummings, MD Rick Larsen, WA Mike Capuano, MA Grace Napolitano, CA Daniel Lipinski, IL Steve Cohen, TN Albio Sires, N.J. Donna Edwards, MD John Garamendi, CA Andre Carson, IN Rick Nolan, MN Ann Kirkpatrick, AZ Dina Titus, N.M. Sean P. Maloney, N.Y. Elizabeth Esty, CT Lois Frankel, FL Cheri Bustos, IL Jared Huffman, CA Julia Brownley, CA
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