(Source: Journal of Commerce, March 28, 2012)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to the Journal of Commerce, House Republicans have two days to approve an extension to national transportation funding before hundreds of thousands of construction-related jobs are threatened. Republicans postponed an extension vote Wednesday, suggesting House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, continues to struggle to get his party members in line and convince Democrats there is an alternative to adoption of the Senate’s bipartisan two-year $109 billion transportation bill.
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