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Biden Gains Upper Hands Over Xi Jinping With Senate Win

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  • Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia.
  • Assuming Ms. Cortez Masto’s victory, Mr. Biden will be able to appoint judges to the federal court system, including the Supreme Court.
  • Moreover, Republican efforts to reduce taxes or federal spending will be negotiated with Senate Democrats and the White House.

US President Joe Biden said he will enter an intense meeting with Chinese President Xi...

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Senators demand regulators take action on freight rail service disruptions

A train weaves through a hilly desert.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators representing major agricultural and energy-producing states is demanding that the Surface Transportation Board take action on inadequate freight rail service. 

A Monday letter addressed to STB Chairman Marty Oberman comes as four U.S. Class I railroads submit details to the board about what service metrics they will provide over the next six months (see below). It also follows a recent hearing by the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/senators-demand-regulators-take-action-on-freight-rail-service-disruptions

Senate approves truck equipment mandates, dispatcher oversight measure

The U.S. Senate approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Tuesday that mandates several requirements for trucking previously approved by the U.S. House and will likely make it into a final bill.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was approved by a vote of 69-30 that was presided over by Vice President Kamala Harris, is the first major infrastructure package passed by the Senate chamber in decades. It injects $550 million of new funding into expanding and maintaining roads and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/senate-approves-truck-equipment-mandates-dispatcher-oversight-measure

Revived Trump reforms in infrastructure bill could be freight-project windfall

A provision included in the compromise infrastructure bill unveiled this week could provide an unexpected boost for large freight projects stalled by what some consider burdensome environmental permitting regulations.

If it makes it through the negotiating process, the provision in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would codify former President Donald Trump’s One Federal Decision framework, issued by the White House in 2018. The framework was part of a 2017 Trump executive order aimed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/revived-trump-reforms-in-infrastructure-bill-could-be-freight-project-windfall

White House cuts size of infrastructure package by almost 25%

The White House sliced nearly 25% off its $2.25 trillion, 10-year infrastructure package, bargaining down to $1.7 trillion in an effort to negotiate with Senate Republicans who offered their own $568 billion, five-year package in April.

“In our view this is the art of seeking common ground,” said White House spokesperson Jen Psaki during a press conference on Friday. “This proposal seeks a willingness to come down in size, giving in on some areas that are important to the president while also...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-house-cuts-size-of-infrastructure-package-by-almost-25

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

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

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