The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), has defeated primary election challengers, including one backed by conservatives and the Tea Party.
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House Panel Approves $52B Transportation, Housing Funding Bill
The full House will take up a $52 billion spending bill that would fund transportation and housing programs in fiscal 2015 as early as this month.
May 21, 2014LaHood Joins Infrastructure Investment Firm
Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has taken a position as a senior adviser with Meridiam North America, an investment firm specializing in infrastructure.
May 20, 2014Foxx Touts Infrastructure in Florida Visit
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx continued the administration’s press for Congress to pass a transportation funding bill during a visit to Florida on May 19.
May 20, 2014ABF Executive Appointed to Commerce Department Supply Chain Committee
The Department of Commerce has appointed ABF Freight executive Jevon Jamieson to its Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness.
May 21, 2014Bill to Boost Ports Passes House, Now Goes to Senate
The House overwhelmingly passed a long-awaited water reauthorization bill May 20 that will allow dredging at several ports around the country to accommodate the large cargo ships expected with the widening of the Panama Canal.
May 20, 2014Georgia Ports Authority to Acquire Four Ship-to-Shore Cranes
The Georgia Ports Authority board said it approved $86.5 million to purchase four ship-to-shore cranes and 20 rubber-tired gantry cranes.
May 19, 2014Consumer Confidence Drops From Nine-Month High
Consumer confidence fell in May from a nine-month high, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary sentiment index.
May 16, 2014FMCSA Extends ELD Proposed Rule to June 26
FMCSA is extending by 30 days the public comment period for its supplemental proposed rule requiring interstate carriers to install electronic logging devices on all trucks.
May 16, 2014TIGER Applications Far Outpace Available Funding
Applications for the grant program known as TIGER total $9.5 billion, 15 times the $600 million that the federal government set aside for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants.
May 16, 2014