Congress Passes 3-Month Highway, Transit Aid Patch
Source: ABC News
Congress sent President Barack Obama a three-month bill to keep highway and transit money flowing to states on Thursday, one day before the deadline for a cutoff of funds.
Earlier in the day, the Senate passed a sweeping, long-term transportation bill, setting up discussions with the House this fall on what the future course of transportation policy should be and how to pay for programs.
The Senate approved the short-term bill by vote of 91 to 4. The House passed the same bill a day earlier, and then left for its August recess.
Lawmakers said they hope the 3-month patch — the 34th short-term transportation extension since 2009 — will be Congress' last. It extends the government's authority to process aid payments to states through Oct. 29. Without congressional action, that authority would have expired at midnight Friday.
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They have to hear from more than the usual teabagger loudmouths!
They have to know they will pay a political cost for shutdowns, closings, cuts in benefits and programs, sequesters, lost and delayed paychecks, credit downgrades, and whatever else they think the American people don't care about!
This is our time! We need to tell them!
We got a month! 
