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Tom McNamara, Blueprint America<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Rep. James Oberstar, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Every six years the law authorizing national transportation policy and funding needs renewal. The current law expires Sept. 30 — in nine days.<\/p>\n

Without some kind of action, legislation to extend the current transportation law by 18 months<\/a> — already in place in the Senate and endorsed by the Obama administration — would almost certainly have to pass in order ensure transportation funding past the end of the month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rep. James Oberstar (D., Minn.), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is staunchly against an 18-month delay. As a result, it is likely he will propose a three-month extension later this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This comes after months of pushing for his own plan<\/a>, to not only reauthorize the transportation bill, but also increase federal funding (from $286 billion in 2005 to a proposed $450 billion) and restructure the practices of the Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n

Still, with time running out to pass this new legislation, supporters of Rep. Oberstar\u2019s bill are beginning to accept the idea of an extension of the existing law.<\/p>\n

After months of opposing a delay, for example, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D., Ore.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, recently said a three-month extension would be \u201creasonable\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That said, three months may not be enough time to move a spending bill of this size through a Congress already in gridlock over the health care debate. The House Ways and Means Committee<\/a>, which must determine the legislation\u2019s funding, has yet to set a date to hear the bill. Moreover, the bill has not been marked up in Rep. Oberstar\u2019s own committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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