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GOP infrastructure plan emphasizes roads and bridges funding

Apr 22, 2021 While the GOP s proposal overall is smaller, the plan sets aside significantly more funding for roads and bridges – $299 billion compared to the $115 billion in Biden s plan. Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled their $568 billion infrastructure package – a counter proposal roughly 75% smaller than President Joe Biden s more than $2 trillion plan announced last month.  While the GOP s proposal overall is smaller, the plan sets aside significantly more funding for roads and bridges – $299 billion compared to the $115 billion in Biden s plan. While Biden s plan put less than 10% of its proposed funding into improving the nation’s highways and bridges, the GOP plan earmarks more than 52%.

Trucking Leaders Hail West Virginia Bill as Step Against Seat Belt Gag Rule

Trucking Leaders Hail West Virginia Bill as Step Against Seat Belt Gag Rule Ziga Plahutar/Getty Images The West Virginia Legislature has passed a bill to allow use or nonuse of seat belts as admissible evidence in civil actions, a legislative step the trucking industry has applauded. Specifically, the legislation, which was passed April 7, establishes the admissibility of evidence related to seat belt use with regard to a claimant’s damages. The bill states when a person making a claim for damages in a civil action was the driver of a passenger vehicle involved in a collision from which damages suffered by the claimant driver arose, evidence that the claimant driver was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision may be admissible in court. This evidence would be used to show that his or her failure to wear a seat belt exacerbated or contributed to the claimant driver’s damages, the bill states. The bill also includes a provision saying the defendant’s burden of

Trucking groups weigh in on Biden s infrastructure plan

ATA skeptical of infrastructure plan while NATSO lauds effort After the White House released its $2-plus trillion American Jobs Plan infrastructure funding proposal Wednesday, some groups in the trucking industry applauded the effort to improve the nation s infrastructure but were hesitant about parts of the plan. American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear commended President Biden and his vision to modernize and revitalize our nation’s aging transportation networks, but noted “[we] do not believe the Administration’s funding proposal is politically tenable nor a reliable long-term solution to the shortfall facing the Highway Trust Fund. A large portion of the plan focuses on creating quality jobs for Americans. As part of the plan, Biden is calling on Congress to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to benefit unions. Part of the PRO Act, however, would nationalize the ABC test for independent contractors, putting the owner-operator mo

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