Legislative Tidbits
(1) Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) plans to introduce legislation to tighten requirements for transportation earmarks—bike paths, museums, parking lots and beautification projects would no longer be covered by these funds.
(2) All 202 members of the House Republican Conference have co-sponsored the Broadcaster Freedom Act (H.R. 2905), a bill that prohibits the resurrection of the misleadingly named “Fairness Doctrine.”
(3) Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House Transportation Committee, plans to propose an increase in the federal gas tax from 18.4 cents per gallon to 23.4 cents. Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will see Oberstar’s five-cent increase and raise him by 49 cents for a 72 cents-per-gallon tax—50 cents of which would be in direct federal taxes, with a separate carbon-emissions tax adding an additional 22 cents. That should bring prices down.
From The Patriot Post
(2) All 202 members of the House Republican Conference have co-sponsored the Broadcaster Freedom Act (H.R. 2905), a bill that prohibits the resurrection of the misleadingly named “Fairness Doctrine.”
(3) Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House Transportation Committee, plans to propose an increase in the federal gas tax from 18.4 cents per gallon to 23.4 cents. Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will see Oberstar’s five-cent increase and raise him by 49 cents for a 72 cents-per-gallon tax—50 cents of which would be in direct federal taxes, with a separate carbon-emissions tax adding an additional 22 cents. That should bring prices down.
From The Patriot Post
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