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12% new-truck tax panned at highway funding hearing

19 October 2023

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WASHINGTON — Major trucking firms and their supporters have called for repealing a long-standing 12%...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/12-new-truck-tax-panned-at-highway-funding-hearing

What happens if Congress blocks the railroad strike?

15 September 2022

Rail workers could gamble on an illegal walkout if Congress succeeds in blocking a national strike early Friday morning through legislative action, according to rail expert.

In the increasingly unlikely event that either the House or the Senate produces a settlement package that the remaining holdout unions will agree to, a walkout by frustrated rank-and-file workers could still occur.

“If Congress passes legislation it would immediately go to Joe Biden for his signature, and the minute he signs...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-happens-if-congress-blocks-the-railroad-strike

Inflation means Biden’s infrastructure package gets less bang for the buck

24 June 2022

Road, rail and port projects may have to be curtailed or delayed because of the effect that rising inflation is having on the purchasing power of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill enacted last year.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which President Joe Biden calls a “once-in-a-generation” funding bill, sets aside roughly $660 billion over five years for grants and program funding for freight, transit and other transportation projects overseen by the U.S. Department of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/inflation-means-bidens-infrastructure-package-gets-less-bang-for-the-buck

Can Joe Biden get infrastructure done in 2021?

19 January 2021

Next month before a joint session of Congress, President-elect Joe Biden plans to lay out his Build Back Better recovery plan that he claims will make “historic” investments in infrastructure.

“It’s time to stop talking about infrastructure and finally start building infrastructure,” Biden said while unveiling his $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan Thursday.

“Millions of good-paying jobs putting Americans to work rebuilding our roads, our bridges, our ports to make them more climate resilient, to...

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Election 2020: Road ahead for trucking infrastructure hinges on Nov. 3

26 October 2020

With odds “more likely than not,” according to political analysts, that the U.S. Senate will follow the political party of the presidential ticket in the wake of next week’s election, issues critical to the trucking industry face divergent paths depending on who wins the White House.

Highway infrastructure is at the top of that list.

“It’s not just about the election, it’s also about control of the Senate and the relative balance in the House,” Jeff Davis, senior fellow at the Eno Center for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/road-ahead-for-trucking-infrastructure-hangs-in-balance-on-nov-3

Truck stops join owner-operators in rejecting Dems’ highway bill

20 June 2020

Travel plaza and truck stop operators are no longer backing U.S. House Democrats’ federal infrastructure proposal after a provision was included to allow electric vehicle charging stations at interstate rest areas.

“It is incredibly shortsighted for lawmakers to focus on installing electric vehicle charging at rest areas with taxpayer dollars … rather than to partner with the thousands of exit businesses already investing in electric fuel,” Lisa Mullings, president and CEO of NATSO, the trade...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-stops-join-owner-operators-in-rejecting-dems-highway-bill