Bill Would Keep Construction Crews Working, But Delay An Unemployment Extension
A $10.8 billion bill that would keep the Federal
Highway Trust Fund solvent through May 2015 – and keep construction crews on
the job – easily passed in the House Tuesday and is expected to pass through
the Senate with few changes as early as next week. President Obama and other
Democrats favored a long-term measure, but Obama said he would sign the stopgap
measure. The AP says the President is promoting a $302 billion plan that would
last for four years.
Further Reading:
The New York
Times and
the Washington
Post report
on the bill.
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