Obama to Press Congress on Extending U.S. Transportation Funding
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President Barack Obama, along with labor and business leaders, today will urge Congress to extend legislation funding highways and mass-transit projects before it expires next month as a way to protect jobs.
Obama’s call for a clean extension of the surface transportation bill comes less than a month after congressional Republicans and Democrats ended a standoff over aviation funding that temporarily displaced thousands of federal and construction workers. He also plans to announce next week a package of proposals to spur job creation and improve the economy.