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Grassroots lobbyists push Congress for transportation bill

Industry groups hold out hope for a multiyear plan, as House Republicans seek ninth extension of current law to June 30 With a highway and transit bill seeming within reach—yet still so far away—associations are breaking out the hard hats and ratcheting up the grassroots pressure on Congress to get something across the finish line. Fifteen groups sponsored a “Rally for Roads” March 20, drawing several hundred people and a roster of high-powered lawmakers to a spot by the Washington Monument. The Senate approved a two-year bill March 14 with bipartisan support, but the House remains too divided to pass any new transportation legislation—either the Senate plan or a… Read More