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Eugene Mulero

Eugene Mulero

Senior Reporter

Eugene Mulero is a senior reporter at Transport Topics where he reports on Congress, trends in intermodal connectivity and federal elections.


GovernmentBusiness

Sen. Wyden Proposes Increase to Truck Tax for Trust Fund Short-Term Fix

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee offered a draft proposal June 24 that would increase a tax on heavy trucks as a means of keeping the federal highway account solvent through the end of the year.

June 24, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

House GOP Leader McCarthy Opposes Gas Tax Increase

Incoming House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on June 22 he wouldn鈥檛 support increasing the federal tax as a legislative solution for shoring up a federal highway account that funds highway programs at the state level.

June 23, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Key House Democrat Aims to Take His Infrastructure Bill Viral

Maryland Democrat Rep. John Delaney unveiled a website June 17 to draw attention to a bill he introduced last year that would create a $50 billion infrastructure fund.

June 20, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Partisan Procedural Objections Halt Action on HOS Amendment

Debate on an amendment to an expansive fiscal 2015 funding bill that would have rolled back a suspension to a rule limiting the time truckers can operate on roadways came to a halt June 19 after the Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate announced they could not agree on how to proceed with the bill.

June 20, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Sen. Booker Proposes HOS Amendment To Transportation Bill

New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker officially unveiled an amendment to a fiscal 2015 funding bill on June 18 that would undo a provision that would suspend for one year a rule that puts limits on the time truckers can operate on roadways.

June 18, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Senators Propose Raising Federal Motor Fuels Tax to Boost Trust Fund

Two senators on June 18 unveiled a plan aimed at boosting a federal highway account used by states to pay for infrastructure projects that the federal government estimates will run out of money in August.

June 18, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Senate to Consider Transportation Bill, HOS Amendment June 19

The Senate will reconvene on June 19 and continue its consideration of an expansive fiscal 2015 funding bill that, among other things, would suspend for a one year a rule that puts limits on the time truckers can operate on roadways.

June 18, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Senate Republicans Urge Finance Committee Chairman To Approve Short-Term Trust Fund Fix

Nearly every Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the panel鈥檚 Democratic chairman to approve a short-term legislative fix that would shore up a federal highway account projected to run out of money in August.

June 17, 2014
GovernmentBusiness

Foxx: Highway Trust Fund Will Run Dry by Late August

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on June 17 said a federal highway account that helps states pay for roadway projects is still projected to run out of money by late August, threatening many large-scale construction projects around the country.

June 17, 2014
GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous

Graves, ATA Support HOS Suspension In Senate Bill

With the Senate debating truck safety priorities on the floor as early as June 17, leaders of American Trucking Associations said they are confident senators will pass a fiscal 2015 transportation bill that would postpone for a year a new federal rule limiting certain times truckers are allowed on the roads.

June 17, 2014