{"id":114927,"date":"2021-05-23T21:01:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T21:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=114927"},"modified":"2021-05-23T21:01:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T21:01:46","slug":"senators-reach-bipartisan-agreement-on-300-billion-for-highways-roads-and-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/senators-reach-bipartisan-agreement-on-300-billion-for-highways-roads-and-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators reach bipartisan agreement on $300 billion for highways, roads and bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The legislation, released by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, would increase funding by 34% to a baseline of about $300 billion over five years. <\/li>\n<li>House Republicans last week introduced their take on a surface transportation funding program \u2014 a $400 billion bill.<\/li>\n<li> The push on surface transportation comes as Washington struggles to strike a deal on a broader infrastructure package. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A group of Republican and Democratic senators unveiled a transportation package over the weekend that would increase funding for highways, roads and bridges as Congress searches for bipartisan paths to repair the nation&#x27;s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, released by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, would increase funding by 34% to a baseline of about $300 billion over five years. The previous authorization expired in 2020 and Congress passed a one-year extension which is up in September.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Not only will this comprehensive, bipartisan legislation help us rebuild and repair America&#x27;s surface transportation system, but it will also help us build new transportation infrastructure,&quot; the committee&#x27;s ranking member Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said in a press release Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The bipartisan proposal is backed by committee chair Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., as well as the chair and ranking members of the transportation subcommittee, Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Kevin Cramer, R-.N.D.<\/p>\n<h2>CNBC Politics<\/h2>\n<p>Read more of CNBC&#x27;s politics coverage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza cease-fire<\/li>\n<li>DNC outraised the RNC in April<\/li>\n<li>Trump&#x27;s financial chief is under criminal investigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>House Republicans on Wednesday introduced their take on a reauthorization of the surface transportation funding program \u2014 a $400 billion bill directing funding to highways, bridges and transit systems.<\/p>\n<p>The push on surface transportation comes as Washington struggles to strike a deal on a broader infrastructure package. <\/p>\n<p>The White House on Friday trimmed its original $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan to $1.7 trillion in a counteroffer to Republican senators, who outlined their own $568 billion infrastructure proposal in April.<\/p>\n<p>However, Moore Capito&#x27;s office said the White House proposal is still &quot;well above the range&quot; of what Republicans in Congress would support. <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/05\/23\/senators-reach-bipartisan-agreement-on-300-billion-for-highways-roads-and-bridges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legislation, released by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, would increase funding by 34% to a baseline of about $300 billion over five [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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