March 28, 2019 – The presidential candidates are already getting out in front on infrastructure. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) unveiled a plan to spend a trillion dollars in federal funds to upgrade the country’s infrastructure, the first policy announcement of her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. The proposal would use a combination of federal dollars, tax subsidies and loan…
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The Clock is Ticking
February 10, 2014 – The Congressional Budget Office released its latest estimates for the overall federal deficit Feb. 4 and projected that the Highway Trust Fund will need an infusion of $172 billion over the next 10 years to stay solvent, according to NSSGA. The new figures confirm what transportation industry stakeholders and administration officials have been warning since the passage of…
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