Highway Trust Fund
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Highway Conference Agreement is Both Gimmicky and Costly
Read moreCongressional negotiators this week released a conference agreement on highway spending authorization that will largely settle the issue of highway... -
Five-Year Highway Bill Could Be a Costly Mistake
Read moreAs the House and Senate are conferencing their highway bills, a debate has broken out over how to spend the $78 billion of offsets. Setting aside the... -
Highway Trust Fund Runs Out Next Summer
Read moreAccording to a new Department of Transportation (DOT) estimate, the Highway Trust Fund will likely last until late next summer instead of at the end... -
Carper's Highway Plan Responsibly Fixes Trust Fund But With a Catch
Read moreThe three-month highway law that passed last month was intended to buy time for a more lasting solution for the Highway Trust Fund's finances, so it... -
Taking a Closer Look at the Senate's Highway Bill
Read moreWe commended the Senate last week for seeking a long-term solution to the highway funding shortfall and for funding its proposal with real offsets... -
Senate Transportation Bill Finds Offsets for Three Years of Funding
Read moreThe Senate is discussing a bill that would reauthorize highway programs for six years and provide $47.6 billion of funding to cover the Highway Trust... -
Why Lawmakers Were Able to Extend Highway Spending for Free
Read moreAt the end of last month, lawmakers passed a two-month extension of the highway authorization bill with very little fuss. There was no discussion of... -
Time to Get to Work on a Highway Trust Fund Solution
Read moreLawmakers have many potential options to address the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. With the President expected to sign a two-month extension of... -
CRFB's Plan to Repair the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreWith the deadline for extending the surface transportation authorization just a few weeks away and Highway Trust Fund (HTF) bankruptcy approaching... -
The Road to Sustainable Highway Spending
Read moreThe current legislation authorizing highway and mass transit spending is scheduled to expire at the end of May, and only a few months later the... -
Will Falling Gas Prices Lead to a Long-Term Highway Solution?
Read moreInterest in increasing the gas tax appears to be heating up as policymakers realize the Highway Trust Fund is running on fumes, and an upcoming Fiscal... -
Bipartisan Agreement on Gimmicks to Fund the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreBoth the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee approved legislation on Thursday to fund a short-term patch for the Highway...