The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on a bill to extend highway programs through June 30 that if passed would avert a shutdown of construction projects and the furlough of 3,500 federal government workers.
The House Rules Committee approved a resolution yesterday calling for today's vote in the Republican-led chamber. The panel blocked a push by Democrats for a separate vote on a two-year, $109 billion highway-spending plan passed by the Senate.
Road projects in every U.S. state would be affected if Congress fails to act by March 31. The U.S. would be forced to stop collecting all but 4.3 cents of the 18.4 cents-per-gallon federal tax on gasoline, putting further strain on the Highway Trust Fund, which pays for highway and transit projects.
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