Sentences with phrase «federal gas tax»

Trump's support for an increased federal gas tax could influence the gas tax repeal effort in California.

Part of the 10 cents per litre federal gas tax is funnelled back to municipalities for infrastructure projects.

That is why Sen. McCain's proposal this week to suspend federal gas taxes — thereby sending the retail price of gas down — at the moment that the world market is sending precisely the opposite price signal.

Why isn't expanded offshore drilling predicated on real movement toward a tougher federal gas tax, at least one that is revenue neutral — something that even some ardent conservatives support?

Specifically, getting Congress to go along with raising the federal gas tax by 25 cents a gallon.

Some Republican lawmakers are against raising the federal gas tax to pay for the president's promised $ 1 trillion infrastructure plan.

The federal gas tax stands at 18.4 cents and has not been increased since 1993.

Prominent Republican lawmakers are already coming out against raising the federal gas tax to pay for the president's promised $ 1 trillion investment in infrastructure.

Add that to the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents, and you're paying a total of 52.4 cents per gallon in taxes at the pump.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will call for increasing the federal gas tax by 25 cents a gallon over the next five years to help pay for rebuilding U.S. roads and bridges as part of its push for a federal infrastructure initiative this year.

Higgins said he is open to seeking funding in the pending federal transportation bill, but he also pointed out the authority receives millions of dollars annually through the federal gas tax paid by motorists.

The Republican candidate in the race, former federal prosecutor John Katko, is calling on incumbent Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei to say no to what Katko calls a growing effort in Washington to raise the federal gas tax.

A working group co-chaired by U.S. Rep. John Katko unveiled details of the plan today that includes proposals to boost revenue from the federal gas tax, impose user fees on electric hybrid vehicles, add fees on freight carried by trucks, and stop raiding other federal revenue streams meant to support infrastructure.

The federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon hasn't increased since 1993 — largely because even suggesting such a thing, most lawmakers believe, is political suicide.

So, right now, we have a structural imbalance of tens of millions of dollars between what the federal gas tax is expected to raise over the next six years and the $ 450 to $ 500 million that many transportation experts say we will need for maintenance, repairs, and new projects.

Since 1993, the federal gas tax has been pegged at $ 0.184 per gallon.

The Democrats successfully ended the talk of repealing the federal gas tax, and the urgency surrounding off - shore drilling seems to have ebbed a bit.

Current investment in this area is so modest that just a 2 cent rise in the federal gas tax would triple the activity.

The National Black Chamber of Commerce was one of several organizations to join Americans for Prosperity (AfP) in a coalition opposing a federal gas tax increase.

We already know that John McCain is advocating for a suspension of the federal gas tax for the summer in order to ease the recession.

Although the federal gas tax — 18.4 cents per gallon — hasn't changed since 1993, tax collections are down because today's vehicles go farther on a gallon of gas, cutting tax collections while increasing wear and tear on highways.

When some suggest that perhaps subsidized gas distorts the entire system and discourages conservation, and others worry about the nation's failing infrastructure, Mr. McCain of the Party of Free Markets wants to suspend collection of the federal gas tax for the summer.