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Obama Signs Two-Month Highway Funding Extension

Infrastructure funding has now had 33 temporary fixes over the last seven years

Jun 1, 2015

President Obama has signed the two-month highway funding extension into law. The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 extends several aspects of infrastructure funding through the end of July 2015. This represents the 33rd temporary fix for road funding since 2008.

(more on the latest highway funding extension...)

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