House Committee Votes $7 Billion for Highways
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
Long-delayed legislation to release $7.2 billion for interstate highway construction was approved Wednesday by the House Public Works and Transportation Committee and sent to the House floor.
A sharply different version of the bill was approved Saturday by the Senate on a 94-0 vote. Wrangling between the two bodies over highway funding blocked passage of a bill last year and Congress instead approved a stop-gap road measure.
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