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Senate Passes MAP 21, But House Poised to Adopt a Three-Month Extension

March 2012
In a rare demonstration of bipartisanship, on March 14, 2012, the United States Senate voted 74-22 to pass S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP 21), authorizing $109 billion in highway and transit funding through September, 2013. The complete text of that bill can be found here. Rather than take up this bill, as had been suggested by House Speaker John Boehner in early March, the House appears much more likely to adopt the 9th short-term extension of current surface transportation law. On March 22, House Transportation & Infrastructure Chairman John Mica introduced H.R. 4239, which extends current law until June 30, 2012. The House will consider H.R. 4239 the week of March 26.

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