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Reps join âReaganâ in call for fuel tax increase; Obama concedes issue âtoughâ for Congress
An Oregon Democrat, a Wisconsin Republican and the spirit of Ronald Reagan came together in the House Wednesday to renew the call for an increase on fuel taxes to save the failing Highway Trust Fund. The current president, however, questions whether any such effort can garner enough votes in this Congress or in the next.
December 4, 2014
Business
Infrastructure update: New reports detail funding mess; toll road manager goes bust
Congress is away through the November elections, and MAP-21 has been extended through next May, but plenty of groups with interests in transportation, the economy and good government continue to weigh in with ideas for a new highway bill.
October 1, 2014
Business
Highway users, road builders oppose bill to surrender federal highway authority
Transportation interests, including American Trucking Associations, have written Congress to express opposition to the so-called âdevolutionâ of the federal highway program and the proposed Transportation Empowerment Act.
September 17, 2014
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Dear Congress: âThis is no way to run a railroad,â a dozen USDOT secs say
Current Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and 11 former DOT chiefs on Monday sent a letter to Congress saying the lawmakersâ work doesnât end with the patch to the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund that is currently under consideration.
July 22, 2014
Business
A little pork can go a long way: the case FOR earmarks in transportation funding
Thereâs nothing sizzling in the frying pan to remind Congress itâs time for breakfast and to go to work, so whatâs wrong with a little pork on the plate if it helps get Washington moving a transportation bill?
July 9, 2014
Business
A modest proposal to fix the Highway Trust Fund: Bring back bacon grease
Itâs easy just to say that Congress is broken â but that doesnât solve anything. So CCJ Senior Editor has a modest proposal: Letâs bring back earmarks.
July 7, 2014
Business
Senate EPW takes âfirst biteâ of the elephant: MAP-21 reauthorization passes unanimously
The Environment and Public Works committee on Thursday sent its federal transportation package to the full Senate, putting a bipartisan stamp on the six-year plan with a unanimous vote.
May 16, 2014
Business
Obamaâs highway plan headed to Congress, but questions (and shortfalls) remain
President Obama is preparing to send Congress his $302 billion transportation bill, but the four-year authorization still might not be enough to cover the rapidly dwindling Highway Trust Fund.
April 24, 2014
Business
President talks transportation, briefly, in jobs pitch
Support for a new highway bill, for building out the natural gas fueling infrastructure, for improved truck fuel efficiency and even for a trucking company CEO, all were mentioned in President Barack Obamaâs State of the Union address Tuesday night â briefly. Very briefly.
January 29, 2014
Business
Note to Congress: Fix the roads; no excuses
Every member of the House transportation committee should be required to drive Interstate 40 between Memphis and Little Rock as a prerequisite for consideration of the next highway bill. But since formal proceedings begin today, thatâs not going to happen.
January 14, 2014
Business
Bill would fund freight projects with new shipping fee
Rep. Adam Smith, D.-Wash., has reintroduced legislation that would fund improvements in U.S. freight movement by tacking a 1 percent shipping fee on the total cost of domestic transport.
January 13, 2014
Business
Legislation would increase fuel tax by 15 cents
Calling for a transition to âa long-term, stable funding sourceâ for the nationâs transportation infrastructure, an Oregon congressman has introduced legislation also aimed at a short-term fix for declining highway dollars: a 15 cents per gallon increase in the federal motor fuels tax.
December 4, 2013
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