{"id":3654,"date":"2014-08-04T13:46:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3654"},"modified":"2014-08-04T13:46:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T17:46:04","slug":"congress-passes-temporary-transportation-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/08\/04\/congress-passes-temporary-transportation-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Passes Temporary Transportation Spending Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hours before adjourning for their August recess, the US Senate passed the House version of the temporary spending bill to prevent the insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund and the continued authorization of MAP-21 through May 2015. The Senate had tried to shorten the time frame, hoping to force the discussion on long term solutions sooner rather than later, but had to concede at the end of the day. The bill, which passed on a 81-13 vote, inserts $11 Billion into the fund from a variety of sources, including pension smoothing. The League supports a long term solution to transportation funding, and is hopeful that after years of extensions, a serious discussion on the ongoing funding of our nation&#8217;s infrastructure will be had in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><em>Summer Minnick is the Director of Policy Initiatives and Federal Affairs. She can be reached at 517-908-0301 or sminnicki@mml.org.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours before adjourning for their August recess, the US Senate passed the House version of the temporary spending bill to prevent the insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund and the continued authorization of MAP-21 through May 2015. 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