Category: Highway Funding
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Senators to introduce bipartisan transportation bill
Read More →: Senators to introduce bipartisan transportation billSens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced that they will be introducing a bill, Invest in Transportation Act of 2015,…
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Transportation secretary calls for long-term bill in committee hearing
Read More →: Transportation secretary calls for long-term bill in committee hearingTransportation Secretary Anthony Foxx met with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 28, calling once again for a multi-year…
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Poll: Two-thirds of Americans against increasing the gas tax
Read More →: Poll: Two-thirds of Americans against increasing the gas taxTransportation advocates continue to lobby for a variety of potential solutions to address the shortfall in federal highway funds, but a gas…
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Another state pursuing road-use highway funding system
Read More →: Another state pursuing road-use highway funding systemThe state of Oregon passed the first bill in the United States establishing a road use charge system for transportation funding last…
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Proposed bill would fund Highway Trust Fund for six years
Read More →: Proposed bill would fund Highway Trust Fund for six yearsRep. John Delaney (D-Md.) filed legislation that would both rebuild U.S. infrastructure and reform the corporate tax code. Delaney’s plan, the Infrastructure…
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Caterpillar CEO challenges Obama on wages
Read More →: Caterpillar CEO challenges Obama on wagesDuring a business roundtable with more than 100 executives of U.S. companies, President Barack Obama covered a range of topics, including wages,…
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Congresswoman confident long-term infrastructure bill will be passed
Read More →: Congresswoman confident long-term infrastructure bill will be passedA Republican congresswoman stressed on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show that passage of a long-term transportation infrastructure bill will be a priority when…
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Senator: New highway-funding mechanism to come
Read More →: Senator: New highway-funding mechanism to comeSen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) offered some insight on the future of highway funding at a meeting with the Western Arkansas Regional Intermodal…