Senate Passes Transportation Bill

This afternoon, the Senate passed their AGC supported, 2- year, $109 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) by a strong bipartisan vote of 74-22. Attention now is focused on the House of Representatives where Republican leaders have several options as to how they wish to proceed. The House has indicated if they do not have the votes to pass a reworked five-year bill that taking the Senate bill is an option. The House may also choose to pass a short term extension before the March 31st expiration of the current extension.  Please visit AGC's Legislative Action Center to send a letter to your Representative. To read comments made by AGC's Senior Executive Director of Government Affairs, Jeff Shoaf  in today's New York Times article about the bill, click here.