Issue / Fuel tax
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...
1959 Gore-Eisenhower Letters
Sep 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis PDF file is an exchange of letters between Senator Albert Gore (D-TN) and President Eisenhower in the fall of 1959. Gore sent...
Highway Trust Fund Tax Receipts Rebound to Normal Levels
Aug 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis morning, the Treasury Department published the monthly report of Highway Trust Fund tax receipts for July 2020, and those numbers...
U.S. Gasoline Production Stabilizes At 12% Below Last Year’s Levels
Aug 05, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe latest weekly production reports from the Energy Department show that the production of gasoline by U.S. refineries and blenders...
June HTF Tax Receipts Were 41% Below Last Year
Jul 10, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Treasury Department issued its monthly report on Highway Trust Fund revenues this week, covering June 2020. Net tax deposits into...
HTF Tax Receipts Plummet in May
Jun 08, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Treasury Department has posted its Highway Trust Fund financial report for May 2020, and it shows (for the first time) the full...
If Paid For By Motor Fuels Taxes, DeFazio Bill Would Double Federal Gas Tax
Jun 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe ambitious surface transportation reauthorization bill unveiled this week by House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Peter...
HTF Revenue Drop in April Not As Bad As Feared
May 07, 2020 | Jeff DavisEarlier today, the Treasury Department released the cash flow totals for April 2020 for federal trust fund accounts, including the...
Gasoline Production Up 13% From COVID Bottom
May 01, 2020 | Jeff DavisU.S. gasoline production at the refiner/blender level picked back up last week, rising 9.4 percent above the week before, which...