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Senators continue policy games with transportation funding bill as July 31 deadline looms
While the Senateās DRIVE Act, H.R. 22, is being lauded for the potential it brings for the first long-term transportation funding option in years, it is now being used as a political pawn with attached amendments. The bill would provide three years of guaranteed funding for the Highway Trust Fund. This is nothing new in [ā¦]
July 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Bipartisan Senate group introduces 6-year, $257 billion highway bill
Another Highway Trust Fund deadline is fast approaching, and the looming loss of funds has some U.S. Senators reaching across the isle to get a deal done. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Barbara Boxer (D-California), David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Tom Carper (D-Deleware) introduced a six-year, $257.5 billion bill on Tuesday from the Environment and Public Works [ā¦]
June 24, 2015
Roadbuilding
Inhofe: Obamaās $500 billion to $600 billion reauthorization bill ānot going to happenā
Oklahoma conservative Republican Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who has ābeen through,ā as a he puts it, eight reauthorization bills, said after hearing outgoing Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood say President Obamaās goal was $500 billion to $600 billion long-term reauthorization bill: āItās not going to happen.ā But, he said, a long term, well-funded bill is [ā¦]
June 5, 2013
Business
Senate votes to move ahead with ājobs billā; final vote March 17
The U.S. Senate voted 61 to 30 on March 15 to end debate on the amended version of the ājobs billā H.R. 2847 and proceed to a final vote on the measure Wednesday, March 17at 9:30 a.m. EDT, according to the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA). Six Republicans (Senators Kit Bond ā Mo., [ā¦]
March 16, 2010
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