Transportation Bill Nearly Complete; Stopgap #11 Signed, Extending Through July 30
As congressional staffers were putting finishing touches on a long-delayed, multi-year transportation bill, the House and Senate approved, and President Bush signed into law, yet another stopgap measure to continue the flow of federal highway and transit funds through July 30. The latest extension, which Bush signed July 28 and Congress cleared the previous day, is the 11th stopgap since September 2003.
Sources said lawmakers expected to file the detailed conference report on the new multi-year bill sometime July 28 and gain House and Senate approval of the measure by the end of the week.