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White House Encourages Support for House Highway Legislation

The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, HR-5021 (here), is an adequate short-term measure to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent for the coming months, said the White House on July 14 in a statement supporting the bill. The…

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White House, however, said Congress must approve a long-term measure far in advance of the May 31, 2015 extension expiration in the House measure. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., introduced the bill in recent days with help from Senate counterparts. The Senate Finance Committee also on July 10 approved a similar measure (see 14071110).