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Washington Digest: House passes short-term fix for highway fund

May 24, 2015

WASHINGTON — The House voted last week for a two-month extension in federal highway funding, averting an interruption of state projects while buying more time to come up with a better solution to federal road woes.

Lawmakers voted 387-35 to extend the Highway Trust Fund, authorization of which was set to expire at the end of the month. The Senate, working into the weekend, was expected to add its approval before leaving on a week-long vacation.

The temporary fix would keep road and mass transit funding flowing through the end of July. But it also underscored the failure of Congress to find a compromise to keep the federal spigot open to the states for longer periods.

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