House Democrats handed President Barack Obama an embarrassing defeat on his trade agenda, blocking final passage of fast-track negotiating authority just hours after he made a rare visit to Capitol Hill to seek their support.
June 12, 2015Government, Business
Obama Seeks $94.7 Billion for DOT, Proposes Safety Oversight Office
Safety and technology underpin the six-year surface transportation plan in President Obama’s $4 trillion fiscal 2016 budget.
February 9, 2015Government
Highways Get Little Mention in State of the Union Address
President Obama, in his State of the Union address, called on Congress to pass legislation that funds big-ticket infrastructure projects, which helps boost industries such as trucking and construction.
January 26, 2015Government, Business
Obamacare Employer Mandate Eased in Bill Passed by House
The House of Representatives brushed aside President Barack Obama’s veto threat and passed a bill that would revise his 2010 health-care law to ease the requirement that employers provide insurance to their workers.
January 9, 2015Government
Obama’s 2015 Budget Proposes $73 Bln. for Surface Transportation
President Obama’s budget proposal includes $73.61 billion for surface transportation spending in fiscal year 2015, a 1.8% increase over this year’s level as part of a four-year, $302.3 billion surface transportation plan.
March 4, 2014Government
Obama to Propose 4-Year Transportation Budget, Touts TIGER Grants
President Obama told a St. Paul, Minn., audience he will send a four-year transportation budget to Congress in March to help rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, a plan he said would provide jobs now and economic growth later.
February 27, 2014Government
Obama Urges Infrastructure Improvements, Nat-Gas Use During State of Union Speech
President Obama told Congress and the nation that transportation infrastructure needs to be rebuilt and upgraded, but Republican officials and industry groups expressed doubt that there is a plan to pay for the work.
February 3, 2014Government
Byrd ‘Disappointed’ in Obama’s Infrastructure Statements
American Trucking Associations Chairman Philip Byrd Sr. attended the State of the Union address Jan. 28 and criticized President Obama for not answering more questions about infrastructure funding.
January 30, 2014Government
Obama Seeks Highway Bill by Summer
President Obama told lawmakers he wants them to pass surface and waterway transportation funding bills by the summer and to pay for them by reforming the corporate tax code.
January 29, 2014Government, Business
Obama Calls for Higher Infrastructure Spending
President Obama said Tuesday that he wants to use billions that would be saved by his proposal to close overseas business-tax loopholes to fund infrastructure projects.
August 1, 2013