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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
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
Truck tax increase out, Senate eyes other highway funding patches
A plan to keep federal highway funding solvent through December no longer includes a hike in the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax hike, but has been amended to increase the fuel tax.
June 27, 2014
Business
DeFazio offers alternative as highway trust fund runs on fumes
But even as some legislators used the event to challenge peers in the House and Senate, others in key leadership positions have suggested that thereâs neither enough time nor the will to tackle a major bill ahead of the Sept. 30 expiration of MAP-21, the current funding plan.
June 16, 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
Senate begins search for highway funding; transportation bill expected Thursday
The U.S. Senate this week began debating how to fund surface transportation programs, ahead of the expected Thursday release of a multi-year federal plan. Collegial pledges of bipartisanship, however, donât pay the bills.
May 8, 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
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