3 million construction jobs to be approved tomorrow? WP: 'Congress reaches deal on transportation b
WP: 'Congress reaches deal on transportation bill'
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From http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/congress-reaches-deal-on-transportation-bill-the-first-since-2005/2012/06/27/gJQA8U8W7V_story.html :
"Congress reaches deal on transportation bill, the first since 2005
By Ashley Halsey III
Congress has reached an agreement on a transportation bill for the first time since 2005, averting a crisis that could have disrupted the nation’s highway projects at the height of the construction season.
In the final days before a deadline, Republicans dropped their demands to piggyback onto the bill approval for the Keystone oil pipeline, as well as relaxation of proposed restrictions on coal ash produced by power plants. In return, Democrats gave up on $1.4 billion for conservation and agreed to allow states more leeway in how they use money that was once mandated for landscaping, bike improvements and pedestrian walkways.
'I am so glad that House Republicans met Democrats halfway, as Senate Republicans did months ago,' said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), the bill’s chief architect and advocate. 'The bill is funded at current levels, and it will protect and create 3 million jobs.'
The conference committee bill, which would maintain spending at the current level of about $54 billion a year, is set to come up for a ratification vote in both chambers this week. ...."
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and Democrats.
The tide is turning.
I'm not moving to Canada.
