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Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Potential 34-hour restart change reinforces elemental hours problems for readers
Given the complexity of the recently proposed 34-hour-restart change, it’s no wonder (as you’ll hear in this podcast) that a desire for the simplicity of pre-14-hour-rule regs is such a topic of discussion of late.
April 29, 2016
Overdrive Extra
The latest on speed limiters: Senate wants DOT to act now
Proponents of a speed limiter mandate, like some trucking lobbyists and so-called safety advocacy groups, appear tired of the DOT dragging its feet in getting the proposed rule published and have asked Congress to intervene.
April 28, 2016
Voices
Should Supreme Court nomination proceed before or after 2016 elections?
What’s your take on whether or not President Obama and Congress should go ahead with the nomination/confirmation process to replace deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia?
February 16, 2016
Business
Highway bill passed by House, moves to Senate for final approval
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the five-year, $305 billion highway-funding bill that was agreed upon by a conference committee Dec. 1.
December 3, 2015
Business
Highway funding extended two weeks with President’s signature
President Barack Obama signed into law Friday, Nov. 20, a bill to extend highway funding for two weeks.
November 23, 2015
Business
Congress to attempt to hammer out unified highway bill, owner-op ‘poison pill,’ size/weight already see action
Of key trucking interests on the table heading into the conference committee are potential inclusions of size and weight changes and, perhaps more pressing for owner-operators, fixing language in the bill that could potentially create havoc for about 450,000 carriers, many of them small fleets and owner-operators.
November 12, 2015
Business
Highway funding extended three weeks after Obama’s 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
Driver drug testing: Teamsters, other labor groups ask House to reject Senate changes
A coalition of labor advocacy groups has sent a letter to transportation-focused lawmakers in the House asking them to reject a recent Senate proposition that would allow trucking companies to use hair testing for driver drug screening.
August 20, 2015
Business
Latest highway funding stopgap clears House, delays bill that would reform CSA
The House late Wednesday passed its second short-term highway funding patch of the month, extending current highway funding levels until the end of October and effectively shutting down the Senate’s bid for a mad-dash passage of a long-term bill.
July 29, 2015
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