Congress floats two highway funding proposals; one ignores truck parking
With the current highway spending legislation, the FAST Act, set to expire Sept. 30, some House Republicans and a bipartisan Senate committee each released surface transportation funding proposals in the last week.
The Republicans’ plan, the Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, & Efficient Review (STARTER) Act 2.0, would provide more than $400 billion for infrastructure over five years and prioritizes programs that address core infrastructure functions, notably highways and bridges. Republicans said it would help facilitate commerce and would focus on safety and efficiency. It was introduced by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Missouri) and other Republican Committee leaders.
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Senate Republicans respond to Biden’s infrastructure plan with $568B proposal
In a response to the Biden administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled in late March, Senate Republicans last week released a roadmap outlining their own $568 billion infrastructure proposal – effectively starting the bargaining process between the two sides for infrastructure funding legislation. U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) unveiled a framework to improve the nation’s infrastructure, which includes significantly more funding for highways than Biden’s plan.
“Republicans and Democrats agree that our infrastructure is in need of repair and expansion,” said Sen. Capito. “We have an opportunity to develop bipartisan legislation that makes these long-term investments, while at the same time driving job creation and economic growth.