by Jane Richey | Feb 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
Approximately 5.2 percent of funds obligated to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) during fiscal years 2009-2011 actually went to the construction of new highways. An additional two and a half percent of that funding went to new construction of bridges,...
by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) on Thursday introduced a bill that would require the Treasury Department to study the viability of raising new federal highway funds by taxing cars for each mile they drive. Blumenauer’s bill, H.R. 6662, is a response to dwindling...