Streetblog Capitol Hill-Road and Transit Groups Join Boxer to Push for Senate Jobs Bill

“Faced with the prospects of a GOP filibuster, Senate Democrats have taken up a pared-down jobs bill that features a $20 billion rescue of the nation's cash-strapped highway trust fund and an expansion of Build America Bonds, a popular infrastructure financing program.” The rescue of the Highway Trust Fund could mean a postponement of a longer-term discussion about the Federal Surface Transportation Act, which expired in September of last year.