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Dem lawmakers ask DOT to reject ATAâs petition for reprieve from Calif. break laws
ATA in early October petitioned the DOT to intervene into the ongoing conflict over the stateâs stringent laws, which a federal court in 2014 ruled apply to trucking companies and their drivers. A group of 19 Democrats in the House and Senate, however, asked the DOT to reject the petition, saying it requires a Congressional statute.
November 8, 2018
Voices
Readers largely cynical on ânuclearâ filibuster move
77 percent of readers looked unfavorably on Senate Democratsâ changing of filibuster rules.
December 29, 2013
Voices
Hot buttons poll: Whatâs your view on the filibuster rule change?
On November 21, 2013, reacting to Republicansâ continued blocking of votes on federal appeals court nominations, Senate Democrats exercised the ânuclear optionâ on filibuster rules; whatâs your view of the move?
November 22, 2013
Channel 19
Did Joe Biden drive a truck or didn't he?
Whatever the case, he did take a ride with an independent trucker in 1973, evidenced in this lookback. Trucking could use a little more of what Biden seems to have had back at that time, an empathy for the realities of the independent trucking business.
September 10, 2012
Channel 19
Oil gamble on Wall Street? Speculation back in the headlines
President Obama is hammering on oil speculators again, while Republican opponents such as House Speaker John Boehner and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney are calling the talk about speculation hooey, falling back on the same old âdrill, baby, drillâ-type rhetoric weâve heard so much of in recent past. Problem with the latter is, well, we [âŚ]
May 3, 2012
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