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UPDATED: Senate reaches preliminary agreement on a long-term transportation bill
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A group of key Senate leaders announced just a few moments ago that they’d reached agreement on a bipartisan six-year transportation bill with three years of guaranteed funding. While it’s encouraging to see this agreement ten days before MAP-21 expires on July 31, forthcoming negotiations over the actual details of the bill will be crucial as most Senators have not yet seen the policy or funding language.
Transportation funding: summer’s biggest blockbuster
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Suddenly, transportation funding is the topic de jour.