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Tag: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Roadbuilding
What lawmakers are saying about highway funding
On Friday, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx reminded state departments of transportation that the Highway Trust Fund’s “situation remains dire.” He noted in a letter to state DOT directors that the HTF is projected to run out of money at the end of August — one month before the current highway bill, MAP-21, expires — and […]
June 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
Proposed bill would raise federal gas tax by $0.15 for highway funding
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced into the House on Wednesday a bill that would nearly double federal fuel taxes as a means of funding highways, according to a report from our sister site Overdrive. Blumenauer said the $0.15-per-gallon increase would be a short-term option to make up for shortfalls in the dwindling Highway Trust Fund […]
December 5, 2013
Business
New bill would nearly double the federal gas tax to better fund transportation
While one duo of Congressmen contends that the gasoline tax should reduced by 80 percent and federal transportation funding eliminated altogether, another lawmaker has introduced a bill that would nearly double the gas tax, according to a report from The Hill. In a little more than a two week span we’ve seen just how differing […]
December 5, 2013
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