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Sen. Mitch McConnell Announces Oct. 21 Vote on COVID-19 Relief Package

Sen. Mitch McConnell announced a vote scheduled for Oct.. 21 on a package that would seek to expand unemployment benefits, as well as enhance a loan program for struggling small businesses. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
October 19, 2020
Government, Business

Extension Shoves Hot Infrastructure Issue to Back Burner

Infrastructure policy discussions are not front and center at the White House, and the recent enactment of a yearlong extension of the country’s premier highway policy law assures that there won't be substantial talks about transportation anytime soon. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
October 5, 2020
Government

Infrastructure and the Trump-Biden Presidential Debate

President Donald Trump and former VP Joe Biden will square off in a presidential debate Sept. 29. Despite both men calling infrastructure a pressing national issue, don't count on the topic coming up. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
September 28, 2020
Government

FAST Act Yearlong Extension Included in Temporary Funding Bill

Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives’ transportation policy panel, agree that an extension of the 2015 FAST Act would buy congressional policymakers time to update provisions to the highway bill. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
September 21, 2020
Government

Deadlines Come and Go for National Highway Laws

When the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee gave a five-year, $287 billion surface transportation bill unanimous backing last year, meeting a reauthorizing deadline of Sept. 30, 2020, seemed realistic. That was then, this is now. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
September 14, 2020
Government

Senate Highway Policy Panel Examines Telework’s Potential

Work from home? The Senate's highway policy committee sees the environmental benefits of it, even after the COVID-19 pandemic passes. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
August 3, 2020
Government

Portland on the Mind of US House Transportation Leader Peter DeFazio

The to-do list of the top transportation policymaker in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat Peter DeFazio, now includes addressing the federal response in his home state of Oregon. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
July 27, 2020
Government

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 'Clock is Ticking’ on Congressional Agenda

With Congress ready to finish its summer session this month, negotiations on the next round of COVID-19 stimulus have picked up in the Senate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile is not impressed with the pace of the talks. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
July 20, 2020
Government

Biden Points to Infrastructure Absent Trump’s Plan

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has made infrastructure a talking point on the campaign trail. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
July 13, 2020
Government

Sen. Tom Carper Challenges Freight, Transit Committees to Craft Infrastructure Plans

Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, the Environment and Public Works Committee's ranking Democrat, recently reminded fellow senators in the Republican-led chamber about unfinished infrastructure business. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
July 6, 2020

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