Tag: Sen. Barbara Boxer

Roadbuilding

Paul, Boxer intro bill calling for 6.5% tax on repatriated foreign earnings to fund highway spending

As we near the May 31 funding deadline for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), an expected flurry of proposed legislation to extend funding is popping up, with the latest being a bipartisan proposal from Senators Barbara Boxer (D-California) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). Their Invest in Transportation Act, S. 981, would ask for companies to voluntarily […]

April 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

Boxer tells GOP to focus on Highway Trust Fund, not Keystone

It’s clear that one of Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-Calif.) top priorities is to fix the Highway Trust Fund before it runs out of funding in May. However, not everyone agrees that it should be Congress’ main focus. A lot of Republicans have made the Keystone XL pipeline their top priority, and Boxer doesn’t understand why. “It is a […]

January 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

Highway Trust Fund: Who’s in and who’s out in next Congress

[imagebrowser id=23]   The Republicans delivered quite a trouncing in the recent mid-term elections, and conventional wisdom says a Republican Senate, to go along with a Republican House, is probably good for trucking. On the regulatory front, certainly. As for the chances of a new, long-term transportation authorization and sustainable fix for the Highway Trust […]

November 19, 2014

Roadbuilding

Highway Trust Fund 2014: Timeline of Events

Here’s a look at the Highway Trust Fund that is notoriously in danger of going in the red. For now, there’s a short-term fix to keep it afloat.

September 5, 2014

Business

Senate committee approves 6-year highway bill but funding questions remain

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill Thursday morning. Top committee members Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), committee chairman; David Vitter (R-La.), committee ranking member; Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and John Barrasso (R-Wy.), subcommittee ranking member unveiled the bill, known as the MAP-21 Reauthorization […]

May 19, 2014

Roadbuilding

Senate EPW approves 6-year highway bill; funding questions linger

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill Thursday morning. Related: President Obama brings focus to highway bill during National Transportation Week Top committee members Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), committee chairman; David Vitter (R-La.), committee ranking member; Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and […]

May 15, 2014

Business

Senators to release long term highway bill on Monday, markup set for Thursday

U.S. senators from the Environment and Public Works and Transportation and Infrastructure committees have announced that they will release the text of their new highway bill on Monday with a markup of the bill coming Thursday. Chairman of the EPW committee, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) previously said she wanted to release the bill’s text this week, but […]

May 9, 2014

Roadbuilding

Senate EPW pushes highway bill release to Monday, announces Thursday markup

Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee; David Vitter (R-La.), EPW ranking member; Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Subcommittee; and John Barrasso (R-Wy.), T&I ranking member on Thursday announced that the committee will release the text of its new highway bill Monday and […]

May 8, 2014

Roadbuilding

Pew charts display need for transportation investment

You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it increasingly more as September draws closer: The highways and infrastructure in the U.S. need greater investment. The current highway bill, MAP-21, will expire in September, and Congress is working to pass a new bill before that expiration date. The Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled this week to […]

May 5, 2014

Roadbuilding

Senate Commerce Committee to review GROW AMERICA Act; EPW Committee to unveil its portion of highway bill next week

The new highway bill is heating up as the Senate Commerce Committee prepares to review the GROW AMERICA Act and the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee plans to unveil its portion of the bill next week. The Commerce Committee is slated to review the GROW AMERICA Act on May 7 in a hearing […]

May 1, 2014

Roadbuilding

Boxer on Highway Trust Fund: “We are running out of time for action”

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, said Thursday that Congress is “running out of time” to stop the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) from going bankrupt, The Hill reports. The HTF, the main source of funding for state and local surface transportation projects, is expected to run out […]

March 28, 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 chamber’s transportation committee, on Thursday each reiterated President Obama’s 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 […]

March 2, 2014