The next looming shutdown: Highway programs

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The next looming shutdown: Highway programs

By Keith Laing

Transportation funding is running on empty, forcing Congress to scramble to meet its next major deadline before the tank runs dry on May 31.

Both parties say they want to avoid a repeat of last months tense standoff over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. But the likelihood of an impasse increases with each day that passes without an infrastructure reauthorization bill, and transportation advocates warn that more brinkmanship would be disastrous.

"With just 80 days remaining until a partial government shutdown of highway programs, its time for tax writers in the House and Senate to put their cards on the table," Association of Equipment Manufacturers spokesman Michael OBrien said. 

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