Highway Trust Fund

"We want to do a multi-year highway bill," said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.Â Ryan on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At right Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House passes five-month highway patch supported by Obama

Susan Ferrechio · July 15, 2015 8:24 pm

Transit workers participate in a rally to urge Congress to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House chairmen look to tax compliance to fund highway spending through 2015

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2015 12:40 pm

"We want to do a multi-year highway bill," said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.Â Ryan on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At right Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Avoiding a tax hike: The challenge for reform

Joseph Lawler · July 11, 2015 4:01 am

In this Nov. 14, 2014 file photo, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Paul Ryan: Taxing overseas corporate earnings to pay for highways ‘gaining momentum’

Joseph Lawler · July 9, 2015 2:18 pm

McConnell ‘skeptical’ of tax plan to fund highway projects

McConnell ‘skeptical’ of tax plan to fund highway projects

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 9:17 pm

Who’s a lame duck? Obama’s next 18 months

Who’s a lame duck? Obama’s next 18 months

Nicole Duran · July 6, 2015 4:01 am

"We're kind of right in the center of his legislative agenda," Rep. Ron Kind said about Wisconsin's 10 members of Congress. "As a delegation, we're strategically placed." (AP Photo)Â

Wisconsin lawmakers central to Obama’s late-term agenda

Nicole Duran · July 2, 2015 3:25 pm

"Repatriation cannot be done as a standalone," Reichert said. "It must be part of a transition to a more competitive system." (AP file Photo)

Businesses wary as Congress looks to tax their overseas cash for roads

Joseph Lawler · June 24, 2015 9:15 pm

There is hope among lawmakers that there could be an agreement on a long-term patch, if not an outright solution,Â later in the year. (Getty)

Congress tries to figure out how to pay for highways

Joseph Lawler · June 13, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center, followed by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., back left, walk from the Senate subway on Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP looks to tax overseas profits to fund highways

Joseph Lawler · June 11, 2015 4:01 am

The Lincoln Memorial and the Memorial Bridge is seen from Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Sunday, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo)

Washington-area lawmakers push more infrastructure spending

Nathan Rubbelke · June 2, 2015 12:01 am

The Highway Trust Fund, which draws its funding from a federal gas tax, was set to dry up May 31. (AP Photo)

Senate passes temporary transportation bill

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 5:48 pm