The Senate passed a two-month highway bill extension, passing it on to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it before the May 31 deadline, reports The Hill.
According to The Hill, both the House and Senate agree that they need to find a long-term solution to the highway bill.
“Senate democrats want to get on a with a long-term solution, because we understand that you cannot have big league economic growth with little league infrastructure,” says Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top democrat on the finance committee.
By passing the two-month extension, lawmakers didn’t have to come up with new cash for the Highway Trust Fund. In fact, the Transportation Department said that, as long as the highway policy was extended, the fund had enough money to last until the middle of this summer, says The Hill.
