https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/02/06/the-highway-bill-a-road-to-cave-city/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 12:16:02 -0400<![CDATA[Last week, several House committees favorably reported the $260 billion 5-year House GOP highway bill to the full body.  This 846-page behemoth is now headed to a floor vote sometime next week.  Simply put, conservatives oppose the House leadership’s highway bill (H.R. 7) because it continues the failed top-down federal approach to transportation spending, while precluding devolution to the states for at least another five years.  Moreover, it eschews the pay-as-you-go funding mechanism of the Highway Trust Fund (eerily similar to the Social Security Trust Fund!) by permanently authorizing a higher level of spending than the fund’s corresponding revenue source; the federal gas tax.]]>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:43:07 -0500<![CDATA[Daniel Horowitz]]>https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/02/06/the-highway-bill-a-road-to-cave-city-n42107