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Obama signs 5-year highway bill into law
For the first time in a decade the United States has long-term transportation funding as both the House of Representatives and Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to pass the five-year, $305 billion FAST Act. President Obama signed the bill into law Friday. “Under the Act funding will go up by roughly 11 percent over five years. This […]
December 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
White House says Obama will sign highway bill; House set to vote today
President Barack Obama will sign Congress’ new $305 billion transportation bill into law should it pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate this week. According to The Hill, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the president will sign the FAST Act into law before the deadline in order to prevent transportation funding […]
December 3, 2015
Roadbuilding
House and Senate unveil 5-year, $305 billion highway bill
Members of the United States House of Representatives and the Senate were able to reach an agreement on a unified highway bill and announced on Tuesday a $305 billion bill that would provide transportation funding for five years. The negotiators from the two chambers in the conference committee unveiled on Tuesday the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, […]
December 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Hillary Clinton rolls out $275 billion infrastructure plan at launch of construction coalition
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton rolled out a massive $275 billion infrastructure at the launch of her campaign’s new “Hard Hats for Hillary” coalition. According to ABC News, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination revealed her new five-year plan to invest in America’s infrastructure that would be paid for by business tax reform. Clinton […]
December 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Obama signs 2-week transportation patch
President Barack Obama signed into law on Friday the 36th short-term highway bill patch as Congress works out a unified long-term bill. The new patch will extend funding through Dec. 4, by which time the House and Senate hope to have the first long-term highway bill in over a decade on the president’s desk. The Hill reported that Obama […]
November 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Democratic senators call for shorter highway bill in order to maximize funding
A group of 26 Democratic senators have sent a letter to the bicameral conference committee currently working on a highway bill, calling for a shorter bill in order to provide more funding. Sens. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Tom Carper (D-Delaware) led the group of Democrats in the push for greater investment in the country’s infrastructure. The […]
November 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
Most recent highway funding patch “the last,” vows Shuster as bicameral conference gets underway
Lawmakers proclaimed that the latest and 36th-straight short-term highway patch would be the last as the bicameral conference committee met for the first time Wednesday. The bipartisan committee of members of the House of Representatives and the Senate met publicly Wednesday morning to begin the process of drafting the first long-term transportation bill in a decade. […]
November 19, 2015
Roadbuilding
Yet another patch passed by House would extend highway funding through Dec. 4 as Congress works out long-term bill
Despite talk that Congress wanted to have a long-term transportation bill on President Barack Obama’s desk by next week, a meaningful highway bill won’t be something to be thankful for by Thanksgiving. The House of Representatives passed the 36th straight short-term patch to the Highway Trust Fund Monday night to extend funding through Dec. 4 […]
November 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
Obama signs 3-week transportation funding patch into law
President Barack Obama has signed into law a three-week patch to the Highway Trust Fund to prevent a transportation funding stoppage while lawmakers attempt to pass a long-term highway bill. It marks the 35th short-term patch of the bill since 2008. According to the White House, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015 was signed into law […]
October 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Senate sends 3-week transportation funding patch to Obama’s desk
The Senate has passed a three-week patch to the Highway Trust Fund just a day before it was set to expire, sending the bill to the Oval Office. The Hill reported the Senate followed in the footsteps of the House of Representatives—which passed the patch Tuesday—and quickly passed the short-term measure to extend road spending until Nov. 20. […]
October 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
House passes 3-week Highway Trust Fund patch for time needed to craft long-term bill
The House of Representatives has passed another short-term transportation funding patch, but the countdown to another deadline will go by much faster this time around. Lawmakers in the House approved the three-week measure Tuesday, just two days before the Oct. 29 expiration date of the Highway Trust Fund. It’s the the 35th short-term HTF patch since 2008. But […]
October 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
House lawmakers propose one more highway funding patch while working on long-term bill
With the Highway Trust Fund set to expire this week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives have proposed a three- week patch to give them time to work on a long-term transportation funding bill. The House introduced the measure to fund and extend transportation programs through Nov. 20. Only extending the HTF by three weeks signals that lawmakers in […]
October 27, 2015
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