The Senate Appropriations Transportation and Housing subcommittee unanimously approved a 2012 spending bill that maintains highway/transit funding at close to current levels. The bill continues funding for Amtrak but zeros out other high-speed rail funding. $550 million would be provided for another TIGER program.
The full Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to act on, and is expected to approve, the draft bill on Wednesday.
(More on transportation authorization's progress in the Senate . . . )
