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Voices
POLL: What would be the best outcome for Tuesday’s Congressional elections?
What would be best for trucking: A still divided Congress with Republicans in control of the House, Democrats of the Senate? Or do you hope one party takes both? Tell us here.
November 3, 2014
hotbuttons
Voices
Readers largely cynical on ‘nuclear’ filibuster move
77 percent of readers looked unfavorably on Senate Democrats’ changing of filibuster rules.
December 29, 2013
Filibuster hot buttons poll
Voices
Hot buttons poll: What’s your view on the filibuster rule change?
On November 21, 2013, reacting to Republicans’ continued blocking of votes on federal appeals court nominations, Senate Democrats exercised the “nuclear option” on filibuster rules; what’s your view of the move?
November 22, 2013
Channel 19
Solidarity with the dispatcher, forces against CARB low-use exemption change
FirstFleet drivers band behind a dispatch/payroll office employee battling cancer. Forces at work against CARB’s low-use mileage boost?
November 14, 2013
Click through the image to read Bob Glissman’s full story.
Business
‘Truckers Ride for the Constitution’ details emerge
The Doswell Truck Stop in Doswell, Va., is to serve as a rally point for convoys to the Capitol Beltway as well as into D.C., organizers report.
October 7, 2013
This image is the “Ride for the Constitution” Facebook page’s profile picture. The agenda for the ride and weekend-long demonstration, say organizers, is focused on a mix of trucking and “constitutional” issues. The three-day demonstration has been joined by groups like Overpasses for Obama’s Impeachment, and promoters offer some rally support information via this page.
Overdrive Extra
I-40 lanes back open in Arkansas
“Interstate truckers need a good federal highway system. The price we pay is regulation. Want the feds out of your business? Get used to sitting around in local traffic.”
July 4, 2013
Just another day stuck on I-40 between Little Rock and Memphis. No traffic was moving in either direction when this photo was taken in March. | Photo by Kevin Jones
Voices
How do you feel about the NSA’s broad collecting of U.S. citizens’ phone/internet records?
In the wake of revelations that the NSA’s PRISM program has collected a broad swath of U.S. citizens’ telephone and internet-activity records, this poll probes operator opinion on the the program’s future.
June 11, 2013
Voices
Readers want immigration enforcement, not reform
“There already is a legal path to citizenship,” said David S. McQueen, summing up the near-majority stance among Overdrive readers on the U.S. government’s feints toward immigration reform.
May 3, 2013
Immigration Policies bug
Voices
Readers: Bring influence peddlers out of the shadows
A sizable majority of Overdrive readers favor reforms to campaign-finance rules that would bring 501(c)(4) political spenders into the light.
December 21, 2012
Campaign Finance
Voices
Hot buttons poll: Campaign finance
November 27, 2012
Voices
Hot button: Take the plunge to deal with U.S. debt?
A majority of Overdrive readers favor a moderate course in dealing with the “fiscal cliff’ coming at yearend if Congress does not act.
November 9, 2012
Fiscal Cliff bug
Voices
Reader: ‘We built our business one day at a time’
Overdrive reader Steve Bixler, in a team operation hauling frack sand with his wife, Doris, offers kudos on Max Heine’s “Who built your business?” column.
September 14, 2012
Steve and Doris Bixler and their 1989 Freightliner COE
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