While Republicans have pledged to continue to draft their version of an infrastructure plan in the Senate, Democrats have emphasized that a plan backed primarily by private capital would not win their support.
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Democrats Rip Trump's Infrastructure Plan as ‘Sleight of Hand’
President Donald Trump’s $1 trillion plan for improving the nation’s infrastructure isn’t enjoying the immediate bipartisan support he may have hoped for.
May 24, 2017ATA Applauds Senators’ Call for Hair-Test Drug Screening
The top executive at American Trucking Associations praised the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and his colleagues for calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to expedite standards for hair-test drug screening.
May 24, 2017Trump Budget Requests $658 Million for FMCSA in Fiscal 2018
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would receive $657.8 million in fiscal 2018 under a budget request the Trump White House delivered to Congress for lawmakers’ consideration.
May 24, 2017Wisconsin Road Funding Remains Controversial With State Legislators
The divisiveness among same-party legislators over how to fund Wisconsin’s failing roads makes transportation a candidate for the most controversial issue in the budget this year, a representative of a statewide transportation alliance said.
May 23, 2017Trump Seeks $3.6 Trillion in Cuts to Reshape US Government
President Donald Trump would dramatically reduce the U.S. government’s role in society with $3.6 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years in a budget plan that shrinks the safety net for the poor, recent college graduates and farmers.
May 23, 2017CARB Plans Stricter Test for Heavy Truck Smoke Opacity Levels
California environmental regulators are in the final stages of developing new opacity standards that also would require truckers to transmit their smoke test results annually to the state.
May 23, 2017Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Calls for Minimizing Tolling Restrictions
States would be allowed to determine whether tolling is an ideal funding option for road projects, under an infrastructure blueprint included in the Trump administration’s fiscal 2018 budget request to Congress.
May 23, 2017Investment, Hiring Plans Show Rising US Business Optimism
A jump in U.S. investment and hiring plans for 2017 indicates manufacturers and service providers have grown more optimistic about the economy since late last year, the Institute for Supply Management’s twice-yearly forecast showed May 22.
May 22, 2017World’s Biggest Private Equity Manager Unveils $100 Billion Ambition for Infrastructure
Blackstone Group, the world’s biggest private equity manager, is eyeing more than $100 billion in infrastructure investments with a new strategy anchored by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
May 22, 2017