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Transportation advocates discuss flaws in House GOP budget
The House Budget Committee marked up the recently-introduced House Republican 2015 fiscal year budget Wednesday evening. When the committeeās chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), introduced the $1.014 trillion bill on Tuesday, it received criticism from Democrats as well as the White House, which said the measure āwould force deep cuts to investments in our roads [ā¦]
April 3, 2014
Roadbuilding
Shuster, Boxer say highway bill is about jobs
Rep Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), both chair of their respective chamberās transportation committee, on Thursday each reiterated President Obamaās message that the new highway bill is about job creation and retention, according to our sister site, Commercial Carrier Journal. Speaking to attendees at the 2014 American Association of State Highway and [ā¦]
March 2, 2014
Roadbuilding
Shuster rules out gas tax hike for highway funding; LaHood continues push for 10-cent gas tax hike
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has has pulled a federal gas tax hike off the table of options for transportation funding. Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said Tuesday at an event hosted by Building Americaās Future (BAF) and Bloomberg Government that āeconomically, itās not the timeā to increase the fuel tax, The Hill reports. [ā¦]
February 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
Shuster urges transportation leaders to āeducateā lawmakers on funding needs
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) is urging transportation leaders to āeducateā lawmakers on what the industry needs in a new surface transportation funding bill. At the U.S. Conference of Mayorās annual conference on Friday, Shuster, who is the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said he needs transportation leaders to help show lawmakers what will be [ā¦]
January 27, 2014
Roadbuilding
Rep. Shuster wants transportation bill to hit House floor by August
House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said during the committeeās surface transportation hearing on Tuesday that he wants the new transportation funding bill to go to the House floor by August, The Hill reports. The current transportation bill expires in September. Shuster said he is aiming for August so it will have a [ā¦]
January 15, 2014
Roadbuilding
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Reeves rejects statewide gas tax hike, supports bond bill
Missisppi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday at the Stennis Capitol Press Corps luncheon in Jackson that he wonāt support raising the stateās gas tax but would support a bond bill that is less than $200 million, ClarionLedger.com reports. Reeves told luncheon attendees that maintenance of transportation infrastructure in necessary for public safety and economic [ā¦]
January 7, 2014
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 weāve seen just how differing [ā¦]
December 5, 2013
Business
Bill calls for the elimination of federal transportation funding
While most are trying to figure out a way to free up more federal funding for transportation, two Congressmen have introduced a bill that would cut it altogether. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Tom Graves (R-Georgia) have filed the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA), according to our sister site Better Roads. The bill calls for [ā¦]
November 18, 2013
Roadbuilding
Could alternate energy sources help solve our funding problem?
Itās time to get creative with less than a year until our latest surface transportation bill expires.
November 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
5 Myths of Highway Tolling
With reauthorization less than a year away, itās time for lawmakers to begin considering funding options that will bring in revenue for the nationās deteriorating transportation infrastructure. Though talk of increasing the gas tax recently spiked (Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue both suggested this month raising federal fuel [ā¦]
October 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
Chamber of Commerce president calls for gas tax increase
Less than a week after former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood suggested a 10-cent-per-gallon tax hike, the idea of a fuel tax increase is getting more buzz. Thomas Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Monday at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor that Congress should consider raising the federal gas tax, [ā¦]
October 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
LaHood suggests 10-cent-per-gallon gas tax hike
Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has suggested raising the gas tax by 10 cents per gallon. LaHood said this week that Congress should increase the federal gas tax, which has been 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993, to 28.4 cents per gallon, The Hill reports. DC radio station WAMU 88.5 notes that LaHood said at [ā¦]
October 17, 2013
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