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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

Government, Business

Eaton to Pay Meritor $500 Million to Settle Antitrust Suit

Component makers Meritor Inc. and Eaton Corp. announced June 23 that Eaton will pay $500 million to a Meritor joint-venture unit to resolve a 2006 antitrust lawsuit.

June 23, 2014
Government, Business

House GOP Leader McCarthy Opposes Gas Tax Increase

Incoming House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on June 22 he wouldn’t support increasing the federal tax as a legislative solution for shoring up a federal highway account that funds highway programs at the state level.

June 23, 2014
Government, Business

Procedural Clash on Senate Floor Halts Debate on HOS Restart

Debate in the Senate on an amendment that would have blocked a one-year suspension of the hours-of-service restart changes was halted June 19, and it is not clear when the amendment will be reconsidered.

June 23, 2014
Government, Business

Key House Democrat Aims to Take His Infrastructure Bill Viral

Maryland Democrat Rep. John Delaney unveiled a website June 17 to draw attention to a bill he introduced last year that would create a $50 billion infrastructure fund.

June 20, 2014
Government, Business

Partisan Procedural Objections Halt Action on HOS Amendment

Debate on an amendment to an expansive fiscal 2015 funding bill that would have rolled back a suspension to a rule limiting the time truckers can operate on roadways came to a halt June 19 after the Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate announced they could not agree on how to proceed with the bill.

June 20, 2014
Government, Business

FOLLOW LIVE: Senate Debates Latest HOS Amendment

The U.S. Senate is debating an amendment proposed by Democrats to undo the amendment approved recently by the Senate Appropriations Committee that would roll back restart provisions in the hours-of-service rule for one year while further study is conducted. Follow live developments.

June 19, 2014
Government, Business

Sen. Booker Proposes HOS Amendment To Transportation Bill

New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker officially unveiled an amendment to a fiscal 2015 funding bill on June 18 that would undo a provision that would suspend for one year a rule that puts limits on the time truckers can operate on roadways.

June 18, 2014
Government, Business

Senators Propose Raising Federal Motor Fuels Tax to Boost Trust Fund

Two senators on June 18 unveiled a plan aimed at boosting a federal highway account used by states to pay for infrastructure projects that the federal government estimates will run out of money in August.

June 18, 2014
Government, Business

Senate to Consider Transportation Bill, HOS Amendment June 19

The Senate will reconvene on June 19 and continue its consideration of an expansive fiscal 2015 funding bill that, among other things, would suspend for a one year a rule that puts limits on the time truckers can operate on roadways.

June 18, 2014
Government, Business

Senate Republicans Urge Finance Committee Chairman To Approve Short-Term Trust Fund Fix

Nearly every Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the panel’s Democratic chairman to approve a short-term legislative fix that would shore up a federal highway account projected to run out of money in August.

June 17, 2014