Eugene Mulero

Eugene Mulero

Senior Reporter

@eugenemulero

Eugene Mulero is a senior reporter at Transport Topics where he reports on Congress, trends in intermodal connectivity and federal elections.


Government, Business

Sen. Boxer Backs Democrats’ Trust Fund Patch, Urges Action On Highway Funding

The Senate’s top transportation leader expressed her support for a $9 billion plan to provide a short-term funding boost for a federal highway account, a day before a Senate committee’s consideration of the plan.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 25, 2014
Government, Business

Sen. Corker: Wyden's Trust Fund Plan a 'Complete Sham'

The Senate Republican co-sponsoring a proposal to raise the national tax on motor fuels called a bill that would provide a short-term boost for a cash-strapped federal highway account a “complete sham,” signaling the lack of GOP support for the legislation ahead of its June 26 committee consideration.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 25, 2014
Government

P3 Panel Chairman Encourages Private Assistance for Infrastructure Projects

The head of a special House panel on public-private partnerships indicated earlier this month his intent to push his congressional transportation colleagues to support programs that augment the role of banks and private firms to support certain infrastructure projects.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 25, 2014
Government, Business

Rep. Delaney to Promote Infrastructure Bill At Press Club June 26

Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) will have a chance to promote his legislation that establishes a $50 billion infrastructure fund to boost highway projects when he appears at the National Press Club June 26.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 24, 2014
Government, Business

Sen. Wyden Proposes Increase to Truck Tax for Trust Fund Short-Term Fix

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee offered a draft proposal June 24 that would increase a tax on heavy trucks as a means of keeping the federal highway account solvent through the end of the year.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 24, 2014
Government, Business

House GOP Leader McCarthy Opposes Gas Tax Increase

Incoming House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on June 22 he wouldn’t support increasing the federal tax as a legislative solution for shoring up a federal highway account that funds highway programs at the state level.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 23, 2014
Government, Business

Key House Democrat Aims to Take His Infrastructure Bill Viral

Maryland Democrat Rep. John Delaney unveiled a website June 17 to draw attention to a bill he introduced last year that would create a $50 billion infrastructure fund.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 20, 2014
Government, Business

Partisan Procedural Objections Halt Action on HOS Amendment

Debate on an amendment to an expansive fiscal 2015 funding bill that would have rolled back a suspension to a rule limiting the time truckers can operate on roadways came to a halt June 19 after the Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate announced they could not agree on how to proceed with the bill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 20, 2014
Government, Business

Sen. Booker Proposes HOS Amendment To Transportation Bill

New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker officially unveiled an amendment to a fiscal 2015 funding bill on June 18 that would undo a provision that would suspend for one year a rule that puts limits on the time truckers can operate on roadways.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 18, 2014
Government, Business

Senators Propose Raising Federal Motor Fuels Tax to Boost Trust Fund

Two senators on June 18 unveiled a plan aimed at boosting a federal highway account used by states to pay for infrastructure projects that the federal government estimates will run out of money in August.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
June 18, 2014