American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves sent a letter to every member of Congress asking them to pass a fiscal 2015 expansive omnibus funding bill during the post-election lame-duck session.
November 7, 2014Government, Business
WSTA’s Hicks Calls on Congress to Pass Long-Term Highway Bill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — At his group’s fall meeting, Western States Transportation Alliance Executive Director R.J. Hicks called on federal lawmakers to pass a long-term highway bill that gives states better financial guidance for planning infrastructure projects.
November 17, 2014Government, Business
ATA's Bill Graves Calls on Congress to Pass Omnibus in Lame-Duck Session
Business
FHWA’s Nadeau Calls for Long-Term Plan to Provide States With Highway Funding
WASHINGTON — Acting Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau on Sept. 30 urged lawmakers to approve a “long-term, sustainable” transportation-funding measure in order to help advance the efforts by states and municipalities to repair or replace aging infrastructure.
October 6, 2014Government, Business
Obama Signs Trust Fund Rescue into Law
President Barack Obama on Aug. 8 signed into law a $10.8 billion bill that keeps a federal highway account funded through May 2015.
August 11, 2014Business
Voters in Wisconsin, Maryland to Decide on Better Protections for Transport Funds
Voters in Wisconsin and Maryland will decide in November on amendments that would bar lawmakers from raiding transportation funds to balance their states’ budgets.
August 4, 2014Government, Business
House, Senate Send $10.8B Highway Trust Fund Fix to President
A $10.8 billion bill to boost the Highway Trust Fund through May passed the House and Senate on July 31, shortly before lawmakers left Washington for a five-week recess.
July 31, 2014Government, Business
House Schedules Vote On Trust Fund Rescue
House GOP leaders scheduled a floor vote July 31 on their original $11 billion plan to shore up a cash-strapped federal highway account through May, in order to prevent the Department of Transportation from having to delay payouts to states Aug. 1.
July 31, 2014Government, Business
Senate Passes Amended Highway Bill, Sends Back to House
The Senate on July 29 easily voted to send the House a nearly $8 billion bill that would fund federal highway programs through December, a move meant to force lawmakers to agree on a long-term funding plan for transportation construction projects nationwide.
July 29, 2014Government, Business
Senate Takes On Highway Trust Fund Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the chamber will consider on July 29 a House-passed bill that would shore up the Highway Trust Fund for 10 months, as well as several proposed changes to the bill.
July 29, 2014Government, Business
Wyden: House Trust Fund Fix ‘Goes Too Far’ on Pension Smoothing
The chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee on July 28 criticized the primary source of funding for a House bill that would shore up the Highway Trust Fund, a day before the Senate is expected to vote on the legislation.
July 28, 2014