Senate Scrambles to Pass Highway Funding Stopgap Measure
The House overwhelmingly passed a three-month extension for highway and other infrastructure funding on July 29, hours before departing the Capitol for a five-week, August recess. The legislation, HR-3236 (here), is set for a Senate vote on July 30, and…
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the measure will need 60 votes in favor, said a spokesman for Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas. The House previously passed and sent to the Senate a five-month extension. Senators will first vote on that chamber’s six-year infrastructure funding bill, which contains the Port Performance Act and reauthorization for the Export-Import Bank. House leadership in recent days vowed to head to recess without considering the long-term Senate legislation (see 1507280017). The highway and infrastructure funding due for the three-month extension is still scheduled to expire at midnight July 31.