Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Gas Tax

GOPers Re-Name the Climate Bill Again: Now It’s a ‘Gas Tax’!

By Elana Schor | Oct 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

Seven months after first trying to re-brand congressional climate change legislation as an "energy tax," Senate Republicans were back at it today with a new report and op-ed that attempts to expose the climate bill as a "$3.6 trillion gas tax." Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) (Photo: GOP Lounge) Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and […]

Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill

By Elana Schor | Oct 13, 2009 | No Comments

Sen. Dick Durbin (IL), the No. 2 Democratic leader in the upper chamber of Congress and a close ally of the president, broke with the White House yesterday and called for a new long-term transportation bill to pass by early next year — not after the Obama administration’s preferred 18-month delay. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin […]

Business Lobby to Senate: No, Stimulus Won’t Do Enough for Transport

By Elana Schor | Sep 22, 2009 | No Comments

As the Senate backs up the White House’s push for an 18-month delay in approving a new federal infrastructure bill, one of its major arguments is that the economic stimulus law’s $48 billion in transportation money would help tide the nation over until long-term legislation could be passed. (Image: CleanTechies Blog) "The good news is […]

New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1

By Elana Schor | Sep 1, 2009 | 5 Comments

(Graphic: HTNB) The puzzle of how to pay for new federal investments in transportation is the single greatest stumbling block facing members of Congress — should a gas tax increase be combined with a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax? How about a national infrastructure bank that leverages private capital? A poll released today by the […]

Could Electric-Car Tax Credits Become the Next “Cash for Clunkers”?

By Elana Schor | Aug 14, 2009 | 1 Comment

The White House’s commitment to electrified cars, fulfilling an Obama campaign promise to put 1 million plug-in hybrids into service by 2015, is bound to have serious ramifications for the nation’s already-crumbling system of paying for transportation. (Photo: MPR) But could the administration continue to leave the gas tax untouched while relying on taxpayer-subsidized rebates […]

Obama Administration Refuses to Consider New Transpo Funding

By Ryan Avent | Jul 23, 2009 | No Comments

Having entertained legislators’ own ideas about how best to fund future transportation spending, the House Ways and Means committee turned to representatives from the administration and key interest groups today to hear their thoughts on the matter. The administration’s view could not have been much clearer — this business is all very important, but we’re […]

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