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House Passes Highway Bill Extension

May 19, 2015

Faced with the expiration of the federal highway funding law and the impending insolvency of the federal Highway Trust Fund, the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday passed the stopgap Highway Transportation Funding Act to continue highway funding authority through July.

The vote was 387-35 in favor of passing the extension. All four members of Arkansas' congressional delegation voted yes. The bill next goes to the Senate.

The current highway funding law, MAP-21, was set to expire May 31, leaving Congress with no funding authority to replenish the Highway Trust Fund, which is expected to become insolvent in August.

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