Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the EPW Committee, announced plans for the EPW Committee to markup the Water Resources Development Act of 2022. The Water Resources Development Act is biennial legislation that authorizes flood control, navigation, and ecosystem restoration projects for…
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Republicans Balk Over Raising Gas Tax
May 8, 2017 – Republicans are balking over President Trump’s openness to raising the federal gas tax to help pay for U.S. roads and highways – a politically fraught issue that lawmakers have avoided for years, according to The Hill. There are a handful of GOP lawmakers who are champions of increasing the gas tax, something that hasn’t happened in more than two…
Read MorePatching the Pothole
July 16, 2014 – This is akin to patching potholes rather than replacing a section of highway. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 365 to 55 on July 15 to transfer from the General Fund $10.8 billion into the Highway Trust Fund, extending current highway and transit policy and funding through May 31, 2015. The 10-month patch would be paid for…
Read MoreCongress Set to Act on Highway Trust Fund Patch
According to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA), the House Ways and Means Committee marked up its version of the Highway Trust Fund patch (H.R. 5021) the morning of July 10 with the Senate Finance Committee moving forward in the afternoon on its bill. Senators reached a bipartisan agreement late July 9 allowing that panel to proceed with…
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