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Roadbuilding
Larsen co-sponsors bill calling for 15-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase for transportation funding
Representative Rick Larsen (D-Washington) has cosponsored H.R. 680, the UPDATE Act, which would raise the gas tax by 15 cents per gallon over a three-year period. The bill was first proposed by Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and was referenced in a recent House Ways and Means Committee meeting on transportation funding. âOur countryâs transportation funding is [âŚ]
July 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
What lawmakers are saying about highway funding
On Friday, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx reminded state departments of transportation that the Highway Trust Fundâs âsituation remains dire.â He noted in a letter to state DOT directors that the HTF is projected to run out of money at the end of August â one month before the current highway bill, MAP-21, expires â and [âŚ]
June 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
Fifty-state âVehicle Miles Traveledâ tax/fee/charge study proposed
Will your vehicle one day feel like a taxi cab? Oregon Democrat representative Earl Blumenauer has introduced legislation that would fund a 50-state Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) pilot program to examine a new source of highway funding.  The legislation calls on the Secretary of the Treasury to undertake a series of studies to demonstrate the viability [âŚ]
December 17, 2012
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