Schumer, Blumenthal Hopeful Senate Will OK Transportation Funding

Blumenthal and Schumer said they fought unsuccessfully for a long-term solution, needed to replenish funds to finance road, bridge and mass transit projects, before lawmakers turned their focus to a stop-gap bill creating funding through May 2015.

“That is better than letting the fund run out and throwing tens of thousands out of work, but it doesn’t solve the problem because until our states, our communities and our contractors can get long-term funding so they can do two-, three-, four-, five-year plans, we’re not spending the dollars as effectively as we should,” Schumer said.

Schumer and Blumenthal hope to vote on the measure Tuesday.

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