
Sen. Charles Schumer holds a news conference in Midtown on June 8, 2014. (Credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)FILE -- Sen. Charles Schumer holds a news conference in Midtown on June 8, 2014. (Credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Two U.S. senators are calling for their fellow lawmakers to keep the federal transportation fund from running out of money next month.
As WCBS 880’s Monica Miller reported, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives last week passed a short-term, $11 billion Highway Trust Fund bill. Now, the Senate, where Democrats hold the majority, will consider the legislation.
“I’m very hopeful that we will have at least a short-term solution,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Sunday during a joint news conference in Greenwich Village with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.