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Democratic presidential candidates call for increased highway funding
During Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate in Charleston, South Carolina, Sunday night, all three candidates vowed that transportation funding would be one of their top priorities if they were elected to the White House. In the first question of the final Democratic presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses, front-runner Hilary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Mayland Gov. […]
January 20, 2016
Roadbuilding
Senate rejects amendment seeking to fund infrastructure by closing corporate tax loophole
A $478 billion transportation funding amendment to the 2016 budget put forth by Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was struck down March 24, according to a report by The Hill. In a 52-45 vote, the Senate ended the amendment that would have pulled funds from a repatriation measure to collect tax dollars from overseas profits […]
March 25, 2015
Business
Vermont Senator introduces $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill
A U.S. senator from Vermont has filed a bill that would designate $1 trillion over the next five years to transportation and infrastructure spending, according to a report from The Hill. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders calls his bill the “Rebuild America Act,” noting in an op-ed piece also published by The Hill that, “a $1 trillion investment […]
January 28, 2015
Equipment
Opinion: Carbon tax bill would hurt job growth
That was fast. The pundits hadn’t even stopped pontificating on President Obama’s State of the Union speech when it was announced that Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Barbara Boxer of California will introduce legislation designed to tax carbon dioxide emissions tomorrow. (During his address Tuesday night, Obama challenged Congress to act and do more […]
February 13, 2013
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