One day before President Donald Trump and Democratic Congressional leaders are scheduled to discuss ways to pay for a 2$ trillion infrastructure plan, Rep. Earl Blumenauer plans to introduce a bill to increase the motor fuels tax by 5 cents a year for the next five years and indexing it to inflation.
05-20-2019 The meeting between Congressional Democrats and the White House on the potential for a $2 trillion infrastructure deal earlier this week reignited bipartisan arguments over just how to pay for an infrastructure measure 鈥� further calling into question the viability of anything moving forward in the near term.
05-03-2019 As the House Ways and Means Committee prepares to hold its March 6 hearing examining the nation鈥檚 infrastructure, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said that House leadership has reserved floor time for an infrastructure bill with a target of late spring.
03-05-2019 Despite more headline-grabbing news regarding President Trump’s personal attorney and U.S. relations with North Korea, there has been subtle yet steady progress surrounding infrastructure legislation in recent days.
02-28-2019 The New Year will usher in a new chapter of the Trump Administration that will have wide-ranging consequences for NATSO鈥檚 policy priorities. Here is an overview of NATSO鈥檚 top legislative issues and their outlook for 2019.
01-02-2019 Congressman Bill Shuster, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, told reporters July 19 that he plans to put out a “discussion draft” on infrastructure before the House breaks for August recess.
07-19-2018 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will start working on a framework for an infrastructure bill after the August recess, Congressman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said May 22, effectively confirming that an infrastructure bill won鈥檛 move in earnest before 2019.
05-22-2018 Lawmakers are unlikely to enact an infrastructure plan until after the 2018 midterm elections and ultimately it could come in the form of multiple bills rather than a single legislative package.
03-30-2018 The White House said that the unveiling of President Donald Trump鈥檚 infrastructure proposal would again be delayed, citing the recent government shutdown. The announcement came just one day after the President said that his plan would arrive 鈥渋n a week or two, right after the State of the Union Address.鈥�
02-01-2018 President Donald Trump called on Congress to produce a bipartisan $1.5 trillion bill for new infrastructure investment during his first State of the Union address last night, saying it would provide a safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure that the U.S. economy needs.
01-31-2018 A draft document leaked to press on Jan. 22 and widely speculated to be the funding principles for the Trump Administration鈥檚 long-awaited infrastructure plan called for liberalizing tolling policy and allowing states to commercialize interstate rest areas among its proposals for funding infrastructure, both of which would dramatically undercut businesses that operate at the Interstate exits.
01-23-2018