Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have asked the Federal Reserve Board to revisit the fee levels set in the debit fee rules standard established after passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform legislation.
07-29-2013 Lawmakers on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday debated the possibility of increasing the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax for the first time since 1993.
07-25-2013 Beginning July 1, a number of states will see changes to the price of fuel at the pump as new taxes take effect.
06-24-2013 At least 18 state legislatures have either passed tax increases this year to fund infrastructure or are considering it.
06-03-2013 Chair of the Iowa House Transportation Committee, Rep. Josh Byrnes, R-Osage, filed an amendment to a bill that would gradually increase the state fuel tax by 10 cents, though the measure awaits floor debate in the Iowa House.
05-20-2013 Increasing the federal motor fuels tax is the simplest, fairest and least invasive way to increase revenues for infrastructure spending, USA Today stated in a recent editorial.
05-20-2013 More than 50 NATSO members made their annual pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., last week to meet with lawmakers about the critically important issues of highway funding and interstate tolling.
05-13-2013 When Congress gets to work next year on renewing the highway trust fund, increasing fuel taxes to fund highway infrastructure is going to be a tough sell, according to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.).
05-13-2013 One of NATSO’s primary roles is to deliver solutions to members’ challenges. Each day members tap into the expertise of NATSO’s staff for answers to some of their most pressing questions. Stop Watch compiled some recent member inquiries and sat down with Darren Schulte, NATSO’s vice president of membership, for detailed answers.
04-19-2013 NATSO members planning to attend NATSO’s Day on Capitol Hill May 6 – 8 have one week remaining to make room reservations at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. NATSO’s special rate of $359 expires April 8.
04-01-2013 NATSO is pleased to announce that Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) will be the Congressional breakfast speaker at NATSO’s annual Day on Capitol Hill, scheduled to be held May 6-8 in Washington, D.C.
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