Report: Presidential veto a possibility for next highway patch
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx indicated President Obama might veto a Highway Trust Fund patch if Congress passes one before the July 31 expiration of federal transportation funding. According...
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Obama criticizes Congress for lack of long-term highway bill
President Obama President Obama extended highway funding until late October after signing a three-month patch Congress provided him. But Obama, who proposed his own six-year highway bill earlier this...
View ArticleHighway patch makes progress, passes Senate
A measure that extends highway funding for two weeks has passed both the House and Senate. Now, the measure awaits President Obama’s signature. Assuming Obama signs the measure, federal transportation...
View ArticleObama signs 5-year, $305B highway bill into law
President Obama signed the five-year, $305 billion highway bill Friday that Congress passed one day earlier. The bill, called the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, represents the...
View ArticleA look back: The federal highway program’s history
In light of the recent passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, check out a timeline of the history of the federal highway program. The post A look back: The federal highway...
View ArticleBipartisan House vote disapproves EPA’s waters rule
The U.S. House of Representatives denounced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through S.J.Res 22, which passed 253 to 166. The rule would expand...
View ArticlePresident Obama vetoes Congress WOTUS disapproval
President Barack Obama vetoed a bipartisan congressional resolution, S.J.Res 22, that formally denounced the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, reports the National Stone, Sand & Gravel...
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DOL putting new overtime rule in place
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), in conjunction with President Barack Obama and Secretary Thomas Perez, released a final rule updating overtime regulations. According to DOL, the new rule will...
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Martin Marietta adds former transportation secretary to board
Foxx Martin Marietta appointed former Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to its board of directors as an independent member. Martin Marietta’s board is now comprised of 11 directors, 10 of whom are...
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