Legislation to add $10.8 billion to the ailing Highway Trust Fund, which could keep the fund in the black into next spring, is moving ahead in Congress as the House passed the measure on July 15 by a strong 367-55 vote.
The House-approved trust-fund "patch" has the same bottom line as a measure that the Senate Finance Committee cleared on July 10. But the two bills use different mixes of revenue-raisers to offset the $10.8 billion that they would transfer to the trust fund from other sources, primarily the general fund.