Issue / Fuel tax
Looking Back – When Amtrak Almost Got its Own Trust Fund in 1997
May 07, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe discussion in this week’s House high-speed rail hearing of a possible federal trust fund to support Amtrak capital expenditures...
Senate Hearing Kicks Tires on Federal Mileage Fee
Apr 16, 2021 | Jeff DavisA Senate hearing on April 14 wound up focusing on what needs to happen next in order to begin the transition from a system that...
A gas tax? A mileage tax? Biden wary of user fees to pay for roads, bridges and highways
Mar 30, 2021 | Jeff DavisEno's Jeff Davis suggests that if the government isn’t willing to increase taxes on highway users, it should reduce spending from the...
What’s Doable If Democrats Go It Alone on Infrastructure
Mar 18, 2021 | Jeff DavisCongress could tweak the rate of the motor fuels tax -- the main source of money for the Highway Trust Fund -- under reconciliation...
How Imbalanced Will Another Large Bailout Make the Highway Trust Fund?
Feb 26, 2021 | Jeff DavisWith Democrats holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, a clear appetite exists for significantly increased funding on...
New Census Data Shows State/Local Revenue Loss from COVID Uneven and Less than Anticipated
Dec 21, 2020 | Jeff DavisNew data from the Census Bureau released last week shows that the aggregate state and local tax revenue losses this year from COVID and...
Final Highway Trust Fund Tax Receipts Were Robust in FY 2020 – Suspiciously So
Oct 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe books have closed on federal fiscal year 2020, which ended on September 30, and despite coronavirus and its effects on travel and...
Gasoline Production Plateau Continues at 10 percent Below 2019
Oct 09, 2020 | Jeff DavisData from the Energy Department through the end of September continue to support the hypothesis that, post-lockdowns, U.S. gasoline...
Administration Befuddles Congress With Highway Trust Fund Revenue Estimates
Sep 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisAs legislators and Congressional staff negotiate the parameters of what increasingly looks like a one-year extension of the FAST Act,...
Record of Briefing State Governors on Revised Eisenhower Highway Plan – November 3, 1955
Sep 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF file is a one-page memo to Treasury Secretary George Humphrey from Dan Throop Smith, head of tax analysis at Treasury, dated...
October 28, 1955 Cabinet Meeting on Highways
Sep 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF file contains documents relating to the October 28, 1955 Cabinet meeting. This was another meeting conducted in the absence of...
December 1955 Revised Eisenhower Highway Plan
Sep 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF file contains three documents, in order: A December 8, 1955 memo to Treasury Secretary George Humphrey from Dan Throop...