US: Senate Ready to Pass Highway Programs Overhaul
The Senate is poised to pass an overhaul of highway and transit programs that gives states greater flexibility over how they spend federal aid, streamlines environmental regulations to get projects built faster and seeks to generate greater private...
Lawmakers are under pressure to act quickly. The government's authority to levy federal fuel taxes — which raise about $110 million a day — and to spend money from the trust fund expires March 31.
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