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Channel 19
The āpoison pillā that remains in the recently passed highway bill, by the numbers
Unless fixed or removed in the House-Senate highway bill conference committee, the Houseās carrier āhiring standardā would unduly disadvantage well more than 1.5 million drivers for 440,000 carriers in the competition to secure business.
November 9, 2015
Business
House passes CSA-stripping highway bill; legislation would expand driver drug testing, implement carrier āhiring standardsā
The U.S. House of Representatives passed by a 363-64 vote Thursday, Nov. 4, a multi-year highway bill that would strip the DOTās Compliance, Safety, Accountability program of its publicly available carrier rankings and require regulators to rework the program.
November 5, 2015
Business
House withdraws highway bill amendment that sought to fix damaging measure for independent truckers
A fix to a measure in the Houseās long-term highway bill, which as-is could be harmful to independent truckers and small trucking companies, was pulled from the House floor late Wednesday afternoon.
November 5, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Highway bill effort to resolve federal/state legal conflict over carrier services, driver wages
New court interpretations of the FAAAA introduce contradictions between federal and state law (particularly in CA) that challenge incentive-based compensation.
November 2, 2015
Business
TIA, OOIDA support proposed language change to eliminate highway bill āpoison pillā for Unrated carriers
The proposed change, to be considered this week during House highway bill debate, notably excludes the thousands of Conditional rated carriers operating amid increasing difficulty obtaining a review after correcting problems.
November 2, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Will Congress pass CSA-crippling highway bill?
Greg Cohen, president of the Highway Users Alliance, talks with Overdrive about the chances of Congress passing a bill to hide CSA scores and force FMCSA to fix the program. Cohen also talks tolling provisions, size and weight reform and whether highway monies will go to rail projects.
October 30, 2015
Business
Highway funding extended three weeks after Obamaās signature
President Barack Obama signed Thursday a bill to extend highway funding for 22 days through Nov. 20.
October 29, 2015
Business
Senate passes highway funding extension, secures road funds for another three weeks
The short-term measure is intended to give lawmakers additional time to pass a long-term highway funding bill.
October 28, 2015
Business
Latest short-term highway bill passes House, heads to Senate
The U.S. House passed Tuesday a short-term highway funding bill that will extend highway appropriations to Nov. 20. The stopgap measure is intended to give lawmakers more time to pass a long-term bill.
October 27, 2015
Business
House proposes another short-term highway bill, will fund roads through Nov. 20
The U.S. House late Friday unveiled a short-term highway funding bill that would extend highway appropriations for just 22 days beyond the current highway funding stopgap put in place in July.
October 26, 2015
Business
House highway bill advances, would remove CSA scores, change driver drug testing rules
The long-term highway bill, dubbed the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, is a $325 billion bill and could be the groundwork for Congressā longest highway funding measure since 2009ās SAFTEA-LU and the first multi-year bill since 2012.
October 22, 2015
Channel 19
Poison pill for independents in the House highway bill?
With the House T&I committeeās markup of the highway bill under way today, detail on a provision that could have a chilling effect on broker business with independents and small carriers.
October 22, 2015
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