Tag: Highway Trust Fund

The GOP senator has missed nearly 30 percent of the roll call votes held since the 114th Congress convened. (AP)

Rubio has skipped most votes of any senator running for president

Gabby Morrongiello · September 11, 2015 9:28 pm

BillÂ Shuster's legislation designates where the government should spend highway funding, but it does not come up with ways to pay for those projects. (AP Photo)

Lawmaker: Get ready for another short-term highway patch

Susan Ferrechio · September 9, 2015 2:35 pm

If it all goes the way the House and Senate Republican majorities want, lawmakers will disapprove of the Iran deal and at least pass a temporary federal spending bill by the end of the month. (AP file photo)Â

Congress back with big agenda, but little time

Susan Ferrechio · September 8, 2015 4:01 am

House Speaker John Boehner's low opinion of the Senate bill, expressed in colorful language, has been widely publicized -- and is well-justified. (AP Photo)Â

The highway bill: A realistic view of its year-end prospects

Kenneth Orski · August 10, 2015 4:01 am

"We can't keep on funding transportation by the seat of our pants, three months at a time," Obama said. (AP)

Obama scolds Congress for leaving town

Nicole Duran · July 31, 2015 9:14 pm

Congress is struggling to develop an economically-efficient mechanism for paying for infrastructure. Â

Congress should devolve gas tax money

Alex Armlovich · July 31, 2015 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, arrives at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 30, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Senate passes multiyear highway funding bill 65-34

Susan Ferrechio · July 30, 2015 4:53 pm

Â A 14-passenger Citylink bus travels down Highway 95 on the Coeur d' Alene Indian Reservation, December 15, 2005 north of Tensed, Idaho. (Photo by Jeff T. Green/Getty Images)

House approves short-term highway funding deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2015 10:05 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks away after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Senate accepts House highway bill, keeping Ex-Im Bank dead through August

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 7:29 pm

Gathering before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 25, 2015, from left, Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senators slam House for hitting the road to dodge the Senate’s highway bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 5:32 pm

Speaker of the House John Boehner joined by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell left, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House pitches three-month highway deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 2:37 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday criticized President Obama for his administration's rift with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joining a chorus of Republicans skeptical of the president's management of relations with Israel and Iran. (Getty Images File)

Senate throws Export-Import Bank a lifeline

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 3:05 am