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Oct 15, 2016

TRUCKING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS * USA

* DC - Trump bests Clinton among trucking campaign contributions
--- Trucking campaign contributions have heavily favored Republican candidates this election cycle, with 82 percent of the industry’s contributions going to Republicans, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. The remaining 18 percent has gone to Democrats, the center reports... Contributions to the top Republican on the ticket, however, are much lower than recent presidential elections... Of trucking’s $5.22 million in contributions, more than $97,000 went to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump – far less than the $1.05 million contributed to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in 2012. It’s also well below the $375,000 contributed to John McCain’s Republican campaign in 2008... Just over $72,000 has been contributed by trucking to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton this election cycle, according to CRP data. Clinton’s trucking-received contributions are lower than President Obama’s $80,601 in 2012 and $151,864 in 2008... The top recipient of trucking political contributions was Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, receiving $164,730.... 
(Photo: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton ranked 6th on the list of trucking industry contributors, drawing more than $72,000 from the industry in campaign contributions)  --   Washington, DC, USA - CCJ, by James Jaillet - October 11, 2016

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Feb 15, 2012

TRANSPORT FUNDS * USA

* DC - Obama Budget Plan Would Boost Transportation Spending 50% Over Six Years

Washington,DC,USA -Bloomberg News /Transport Topics, by Michele Fuetsch -14 Feb 2012: -- President Obama’s proposed budget would spend $476 billion on transportation over the next six years — a nearly 50% increase over current levels... The transportation spending plan is contained in the $3.8 trillion Fiscal Year 2013 budget the White House unveiled on Monday... The plan calls for an immediate $50 billion infusion in spending this year, with about $38.5 billion per year being transferred from the U.S. general fund, offset by “reduced overseas military expenditures,” the administration’s budget document said... Funding for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would increase 5% to $580 million in 2013, from $554 million in 2012. FMCSA is struggling to meet deadlines for new regulations on an array of trucking issues such as a rule on electronic onboard recorders, a national registry of certified medical examiners and minimum training requirements for entry level drivers... Federal Highway Administration funding would increase to $42.6 billion in fiscal 2013, from $39.9 billion in 2012... National Highway Safety Administration spending would rise to $981 million in 2013, from $800 million in 2012. The federal Highway Trust Fund, which finances U.S. transportation projects using vehicle-fuel taxes, faces insolvency as soon as October, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The president and some Republicans have ruled out raising the taxes to fill the funding gap, Bloomberg reported...

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Mar 7, 2010

Transportation Funds * USA - Obama Signs Measure Restoring

Furloughed FMCSA Employees Returning to Work, DOT Says

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -3 March 2010: -- President Obama signed a bill reinstating transportation funding and ending a two-day furlough of 2,000 U.S. Department of Transportation employees... The measure, which also extended unemployment benefits, was passed 78-19 by the Senate Tuesday night after Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) ended his effort to block the measure, which had resulted in the DOT furloughs on Monday and Tuesday... Furloughed federal workers will return to work Wednesday morning, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. Affected workers included those from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the key federal agency that oversees trucking... LaHood applauded the Senate for extending the “critical transportation funding” that had been held up since Friday. The move disrupted work for thousands of federal and transportation workers nationwide, he said in a statement...

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Feb 27, 2010

TRANSPORT FUNDS * USA - DOT to shut down on Tuesday

* Oberstar Says Senator’s Action Threatens DOT Shutdown

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -26 Feb 2010: -- A procedural maneuver in the U.S. Senate that blocked passage a long-term extension of federal highway funding could shut down several Department of Transportation agencies, including the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, beginning Tuesday, Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.) said Friday... He said in a hastily arranged news conference that in a “rather arbitrary and willful action,” Sen. James Bunning (R-Ky.) failed to join the rest of the Senate in giving unanimous consent to a bill to reauthorize funding for federal highway programs though Dec. 31... Oberstar said that as a result, an estimated 4,000 employees working for FMCSA, the Federal Highway Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration could be furloughed starting Tuesday... States also would not be reimbursed for their share of federal highway funds, he said... Oberstar said Bunning also threatened to filibuster the bill and that the Senate had to adjourn Friday because senators could not find a way to counter Bunning’s actions... (Photo: DOT Building,Wash,DC)


* Senate face-off could close highway, trucking, safety units

The Journal of Commerce Online, by John D. Boyd -Feb 26, 2010: ... The transportation funding is attached to a jobs bill the Senate passed this week, but the House of Representatives sent back a narrowed version due to a dispute over highway funding formulas... The Senate then deadlocked late Thursday after Bunning refused to give his consent for passage by a small group of senators, as he insisted that the jobs bill be paid for out of stimulus funds or some other means to avoid swelling the deficit. The full Senate could override his objection when normal voting resumes Tuesday...

* Land Line Magazine -Feb. 26, 2010: ... The Highway Trust Fund has been surviving on a series of short-term extensions since the surface transportation law known as SAFETEA-LU technically expired in September 2009... The U.S. House and Senate have been under tremendous pressure to extend the provisions of SAFETEA-LU beyond Sunday’s deadline... U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, asked his colleagues on Friday to lend unanimous consent to a 30-day extension for highway programs offered by the House, but Sen. Jim Bunning, R-KY, did not consent, citing the fiscal ramifications of the $10 billion cost. Bunning’s threat of filibuster caused Reid to adjourn the Senate on Friday for the weekend. Senators are scheduled to return Tuesday with the matter only baby steps closer to resolution... Oberstar said Friday that in order to get the DOT back to work as soon as possible, he would lend his support in the House to passing the $15 billion Senate version of jobs legislation, HR2847... The jobs bill contains a provision for shoring up the Highway Trust Fund through the end of 2010. The House originally wanted the highway extension to last only through Sept. 30 as lawmakers work on a five- or six-year highway bill...

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Feb 18, 2010

Transportation Projects * USA - DOT Awards $1.5 Bln. for

DOT selected the projects as part of TIGER, a competitive grant program authorized a year ago in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -17 Feb 2010: -- The Department of Transportation Wednesday announced that 51 projects will receive $1.5 billion in grants under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program... The grants will go to state and local governments and agencies for improvements to roads, bridges, rail, ports, transit and intermodal facilities, DOT said in a statement... The chosen projects “will create jobs and spur lasting economic growth, reduce gridlock for the traveling public, and provide Americans with more safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable transportation choices,” DOT said... (Photo from TT: Swift1113)

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Feb 7, 2009

FUNDS for TRUCKS * USA - California budget crisis freezes diesel money

Sacramento,CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -February 6, 2009: -- California’s budget crisis may affect some truck drivers who were counting on diesel emission reduction funds from the Golden State... California’s Proposition 1B includes hundreds of millions of dollars to be used, through the agency’s goods movement emissions-reduction program, to replace or retrofit engines and other devices that pollute the state’s air. California trucking companies were slated to receive some of those funds, but now are waiting on the state to fix its $42 billion budget deficit... Mary Fricke, a CARB spokeswoman, said the agency is essentially stopping all grant payments or equipment projects until the state’s money situation is sorted out...

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Nov 11, 2008

Ballot Initiatives * USA - State transportation: How’d they vote?

In total, voters across the country on Election Day approved efforts to generate more than $71 billion in new revenue for transportation work

Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Keith Goble -10 Nov 2008: -- With Election Day in the side-view mirror, voters in states on both coasts have made their decision on transportation ballot issues that will be significant to truckers and others who rely on highways and other roads.

* Washington state voters nixed an effort to open high-occupancy vehicle lanes to all traffic during “off-peak” hours; require synchronization of traffic lights on heavily traveled routes; and increase funding for roadside assistance. It also sought to end a requirement for state transportation agencies to route one-half of 1 percent of a project’s cost on art, and instead using that money for the traffic-congestion relief fund.

* Seattle-area voters voted in favor of a regional transit system. Proposition 1 is a nearly $18 billion measure to expand light rail, commuter train and bus service to Lynnwood, north Federal Way and the Overlake Transit Center east of Seattle through a half-cent increase in sales taxes.

* In Alaska, the state’s ballot included a question about whether to borrow $315 million for road work around the state. Voters rejected the bond proposition by a margin of 62.5 percent to 37.5 percent.

* In Rhode Island was whether to allow the state to borrow $87 million to improve its transportation infrastructure. Question 1 was approved by more than a three-fourths margin. Projects in line to receive funding include repairs and building bridges and highways, replacing public buses and extending a commuter rail line... Its passage also makes the state eligible for $436 million in matching federal funds for transportation. Rhode Island faces a nearly $3 billion repair bill during the next six years, The Associated Press reported.

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Nov 6, 2008

TRANSPORTATIONS FUNDS * USA - California voters decide on several ballot questions to

Sacramento,CAL,USA -Land Line Magzine, by Keith Goble -November 5, 2008: -- Voters in several californians counties decided on transportation-related questions. Included below is a sampling of the results for some of those initiatives...
* In Santa Barbara County, voters easily exceeded the two-thirds margin needed to extend funding for road repair, congestion relief and transit for another 30 years. With nearly 79 percent of the vote, passage of Measure A authorizes the continuation of a half-cent sales tax applied since 1990... It is estimated that extending the tax until 2040 will generate about $1 billion... Among the projects slated to benefit is widening of U.S. 101 between Montecito and Carpinteria...

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Nov 2, 2008

FUNDS * USA - $60B for Transportation at Stake Nov. 4

Washington,DC,USA -Traffic World -31 Oct 2008: -- At least $60 billion in state and local transportation spending is at stake in this year's elections, the Center for Transportation Excellence reports... When voters go to the polls hit the polls Nov. 4, they will decide 26 transportation measures in 15 states, including a proposed sales tax increase in Los Angeles County that would raise up to $40 billion over 30 years for local highways, roads and mass transit... Colorado, Missouri, Michigan, New Mexico and Oregon each have two regions with transportation ballot measures and California has seven measures, including a statewide referendum on high-speed rail, according to CFTE... In Washington state, voters will decide on a sales tax increase that would fund a $17.8 billion, 20-year mass transit plan... Of the 26 measures up for vote, 16 would raise or renew sales taxes, five involve property taxes and three would raise bonds...

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Feb 6, 2008

Bush Budget * USA - Neglects nation's transportation needs

AFL-CIO: The Bush Administration’s $68 billion budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Feb. 4 does not have support from everyone

Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker News Services -6 Feb 2008: -- By cutting transit and highway funding by $202 million and $1.8 billion, respectively, the Bush budget breaks the promises made when the President signed into law the most recent highway and transit reauthorization bill, better known as SAFETEA-LU, according to the AFL-CIO news release... The Bush budget funds only half of what Bush is authorized by Congress to spend on port security grants: $210 million instead of $400 million... In spite of a robust and much celebrated 9/11 Commission bill, rail and mass transit security is significantly under-funded in the Bush budget proposal. Despite the many lessons learned from the September 11 attacks, the Bush Administration requested a fraction of what he was authorized by the 9/11 bill to spend to bring security in line with today's needs, the AFL-CIO stated...

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