(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 30, 2015)
U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have teamed up to introduce a transportation bill that would extend the Highway Trust Fund by bringing back some of the $2 trillion in corporate tax revenue now in overseas banks.
Meanwhile, the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday announced Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) will serve as chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the committee’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee.
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