Tag: infrastructure bill

Roadbuilding

Graves chosen as GOP leader of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

The House Republican Conference elected Rep. Graves to be the GOP leader of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Get details on Equipment World.

December 10, 2018

Roadbuilding

Draft transportation bill in House proposes graduating gas tax, Highway Trust Fund reforms

Representative Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania introduced a draft bill that suggests possible funding sources for the President Trump's infrastructure plan.

July 25, 2018

Business

PCA economist: Construction economy is good, but Trump’s infrastructure proposals will take time to show benefit

It’s no mirage. “No matter how you look at it, the near-term economy is in good shape,” says Ed Sullivan, senior vice president and chief economist at the Portland Cement Association. Even better, there’s at least a couple more years of strong economic growth ahead, he says. After 2020 the picture is still good, but […]

January 30, 2018

Roadbuilding

Sanders says his $1 trillion infrastructure bill would cost less than Iraq War

Sen. Bernie Sanders says his 5-year $1 trillion infrastructure bill would cost less than the estimated cost of the “Bush/Cheney Iraq War”, according to a report from The Hill. In a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, the independent senator from Vermont said estimates of the total cost of the war “will total $3 […]

February 10, 2015

Business

Obama asks Congress to pass $21 billion bill for infrastructure improvements

On Friday, President Barack Obama proposed a $21 billion package of improvements for the country’s infrastructure, reports our sister site Better Roads. The plan is to be part of the President’s budget April 10th and includes $10 billion for an infrastructure bank that would bring together public and private funding. Also part of the plan […]

April 2, 2013

Roadbuilding

Obama proposes $21 billion infrastructure bill

On Friday, President Obama requested lawmakers approve a $21 billion package to improve the United States’ infrastructure, The Hill reported. The proposed package consists of $10 billion for an infrastructure bank, $4 billion for an investment program and $7 billion for state and municipal bonds. The funding for the projects proposed in the bill would […]

April 1, 2013

Roadbuilding

Financial District

Transportation stakeholders expecting a comprehensive bill anytime soon could be disappointed, and it is worth recalling what President Ronald Reagan, originally an opponent of a higher gas tax, said in a radio Address to the Nation on proposed legislation for a highway and bridge repair program on November 27, 1982. It fits today’s situation like a glove.

October 1, 2010