Transportation bill

• WASHINGTON -- After years of procrastination, the White House and Congress have suddenly boosted a long-term plan to improve the nations roads, bridges and transit systems to the top of the political agenda.
(Huffington Post)
• A highway and mass transit bill headed to the House this week has drawn opposition from an eclectic array of organizations.
(Los Angeles Times)
• RICHMOND - The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval Monday to a measure that would expand capital punishment in the state. Pending final House passage, it will go to the state Senate, where an identical measure died in committee last week.
(Roanoke Times)
• Sen. Rand Paul is delaying a Senate debate over a two-year transportation bill to make a statement on aid to Egypt.
(Politico.com)
• SPEED BUMP IN THE SENATE: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) threw a monkey wrench in the Senates plans to move forward on the chamber's two-year, $109 billion transportation bill Monday evening. Paul, who wants a vote on an amendment to ban U.S.
(House Rules meets today - Nearly 300 amendments filed - Truckers to file suit against fatigue rule - Politico.com)
• As Congress gears up for an unusual fight over a new transportation bill, virtually all of California's Democratic delegation has come out against the Republican-drafted measure, saying it would cut funding to the state.
(Los Angeles Times)
• U.S. House Republicans version of a transportation bill is slated to come to the floor in Congress for debate this week. But the measure - one of the key funding components of which was crafted by U.S. Rep.
(Peoria Journal Star)
• House Republicans may have set a record for how many counterproductive ideas can be stuffed into one package with their version of a $260 billion transportation bill.
(San Francisco Gate)