TT Archives: Gas Tax

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After what reporter Thomas Strah described in this Aug. 16, 1993 edition of Transport Topics as “dramatic and partisan legislative showdown,” Congress passed a bill raising the federal tax on gasoline and diesel by 4.7 cents a gallon.

There has not been an increase since despite pleas from the trucking industry to increase fuel taxes to raise more money for highways and bridges.

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