WASHINGTON — The top Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works panel unveiled legislation May 14 that would extend surface transportation authorization into July, even as House GOP leaders say they soon will offer an extension through December.
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Paul Ryan, Bill Shuster Introduce House GOP Version of Two-Month Highway Fund Extension
The House Rules Committee has scheduled a hearing on a measure sponsored by the leaders of the tax-writing and transportation policy panels that would extend highway funding authority through July.
May 15, 2015Sens. Tom Carper, Barbara Boxer Introduce Bill to Authorize Transportation Programs Into July
The top Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works panel unveiled legislation May 14 that would extend surface transportation authorization into July, the same time a key highway account is projected to run low on funds.
May 14, 2015Secretary Anthony Foxx: ‘So Far Away From Having a 6-Year Bill’
Assessing the political landscape on Capitol Hill, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told government and business leaders May 14 that Congress is not close to passing a six-year highway bill.
May 14, 2015Transportation Experts Debate Proposals for Keeping Highway Trust Fund Solvent
WASHINGTON — A panel of transportation experts debated several proposals to rescue the nearly insolvent Highway Trust Fund but offered little hope that Congress, facing a May 31 deadline to pass a transportation bill, would approve a long-term solution.
May 14, 2015Labor Group Presses Congress to Fund Long-Term Highway Plan, Joins ‘Advocacy Day’
WASHINGTON — To kick off Infrastructure Week’s “advocacy day” on May 13, the president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America called on lawmakers to advance a long-term measure that improves the country’s aging infrastructure.
May 13, 2015ATA-led Coalition Accuses Regulators of Skewing Restart Study
American Trucking Associations and a coalition of more than 100 industry stakeholders have asked members of the House Appropriations Committee to include legislative provisions that would block federal regulators from skewing the results of their hours of service restart study.
May 13, 2015DOT Freight Transportation Index Rises to Second-Highest Level
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 3.1% in March from the same month in 2014, to the second highest-level on record, DOT said May 13.
May 14, 2015EPW to Mark Up 6-Year Highway Bill in June, ‘Can No Longer Wait On Congress’
Leaders of the transportation policy committee in the Senate said May 13 they will schedule a markup in June to consider a bill that reauthorizes surface highway programs for six years.
May 13, 2015Former DOT Chief to Congress: Raise Gas Tax 10¢, Index it
WASHINGTON — A way for Congress to ensure long-term funding for the country's highway system would be to approve a 10-cent gas tax increase and indexthe taxto inflation, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Transport Topics May 13.
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