Federal lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill June 18 that would give dry bulk haulers a 10% axle weight variance, aiming to ease penalties tied to load shifting during transport.
June 24, 2025Congress News Updates
Ford Again Urges Congress to Preserve EV Battery Tax Credits
It would be a shame to build these facilities and then all of a sudden you have to scale back on the most important part of it, which is people, a Ford vice president told reporters.
June 23, 2025Senate Makes Commercial Transportation Policy a Priority
Committees in the GOP-led Senate took aim at commercial transportation and emissions policies as they seek to finalize their response to the House-passed procedural budget package.
June 12, 2025Senate Panel Approves FHWA Administrator Nominee McMaster
A Senate committee on June 11 approved the nomination of Sean McMaster to become administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.
June 11, 2025Senate Panel Advances Moving Industry Freight Fraud Bill
Bipartisan legislation seeking to enhance consumer protections in the moving industry was recently approved by a Senate committee.
June 4, 2025House Backs Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Fees in Budget Bill
A massive House-passed tax and budget measure promises to return a federal account central to transportation maintenance projects to solvency.
May 22, 2025House Panel Weighs Input on Highway Funding Priorities
The transportation panel in the U.S. House of Representatives recently reviewed proposals from its colleagues as a way to inform an upcoming multiyear highway policy measure.
May 15, 2025GOP Bill Would End Duty-Free Imports of Cheap Foreign Goods
House Republicans have proposed using their tax and spending bill to end duty-free imports of cheap foreign goods, a perk companies have used to grow their U.S. business for the past decade.
May 13, 2025Senate GOP Seeks to Revoke California Emissions Powers
Senate Republicans are developing a strategy to formally push back on certain Biden-era emissions waivers granted to the state of California.
May 12, 2025Lawmakers Scrap Tire Emissions Limits in Deregulation Push
Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S.
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