{"id":3638,"date":"2014-07-21T13:29:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T17:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3638"},"modified":"2014-07-21T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T17:29:19","slug":"temporary-fix-for-federal-transportation-crisis-passes-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/07\/21\/temporary-fix-for-federal-transportation-crisis-passes-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Fix for Federal Transportation Crisis Passes House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, the House of Representatives passed a temporary spending bill that would fund the Highway Trust Fund and extend MAP-21 until May 2015. The bill, HR 5021, would inject $10.9 Billion into the fund, which was projected to run out of money within weeks. The House’s proposal gets the funding from “pension smoothing,” customs user fees, and an account which was set to be used for leaking underground storage tanks.The bill now heads to the Senate for passage. There are positive indications that the Senate will support the measure, as there are only two weeks left until Congress leaves for their August recess.<\/p>\n

Summer Minnick is the Director of Policy Initiatives and Federal Affairs. She can be reached at 517-908-0301 or sminnick@mml.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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