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Detours Still Lead to Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

The Senate has finally passed the historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure legislation with dramatic increases in road, bridge and water spending with a vote of 69-30. The bill's future in the House could be an immediate vote, or more struggle.

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Hops & Highways: Infrastructure Bill Special Report

Lawmakers in the Senate passed the $1.2 bipartisan infrastructure package - here's the latest from Jess & Dormie

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Flop Back to Budget Restraint Betrays Senate Indifference to Infrastructure

The ‘government doesn’t work’ platform is plain as day when self-styled ‘budget hawks’ revive to circle the infrastructure bill after four years of spending on other priorities like drunken sailors

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Hurdles to Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation

Senate action on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill has slowed to a crawl as lawmakers await assessment from the CBO and haggle over more than 250 proposed amendments to the legislation

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NTEA calls on Congress to repeal the Federal Excise Tax

NTEA | The Association for the Work Truck Industry

Eliminating the FET would provide Congress the opportunity to create long-term stability in the Highway Trust Fund by replacing the FET with a funding source not based on annual truck sales.

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House Votes to Increase US DOT Funding by $19B

The spending increase on its way to the Senate would expand safety programs and fund highway, rail, transit and climate-focused infrastructure projects as part of a sprawling spending package the U.S. House of Representatives approved Thursday

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Infrastructure Bill Progresses in Senate

Lawmakers voted to move forward with debate on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure proposal after they reached a deal on major outstanding issues.

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What's Delaying Infrastructure Talks Now?

Negotiators are working to resolve two issues standing in the way of a bipartisan infrastructure package and hoping to vote on proceeding next week while a new poll shows support for infrastructure funding is growing nationwide

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Interstate Highway System Needs New, Sustainable Form of Funding

While proposed infrastructure investment will help repair and rebuild U.S. Interstates, it doesn't address the larger issues surrounding the Highway Trust Fund.

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What's Next for Infrastructure Funding in Washington?

The Senate could begin talks regarding the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal July 19th. Meanwhile, House leaders consider how to move the INVEST Act forward before the Sept 30 reauthorization deadline.

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$760 B INVEST Act Passes House, Industry Approval Mixed

The funding package, which is intended to help shape a larger infrastructure package under discussion in the U.S. Senate and White House, would reauthorize surface transportation programs that are set to expire Sept. 30

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Construction News Tracker: Biden Shifts Infrastructure Negotiations from Republicans to Bipartisan Senate Group

The house transportation committee sent a $547 million surface infrastructure bill, nonresidential spending slipped 0.5 % in April, how soaring material prices are dampening residential construction, national jobs up but construction jobs still waning

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