A review of an hours-of-service restart rule will take longer to complete under guidelines Congress approved in an expansive fiscal 2016 funding bill Dec. 18. For backers of twin 33-foot trailers, the funding bill did not authorize the use of the trailers nationwide. The Senate on a 65-33 vote cleared for President Obama’s desk the $1.1 trillion omnibus funding package that would ensure federal agencies stay funded through September.
