House overwhelmingly backs 5-year transportation bill

AZ Central: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a 5-year, $305 billion bill that boosts highway and transit spending and assures states that federal help will be available for major projects. Senate approval was expected to follow later in the day.

The bill, approved by a 359-65 vote, doesn't include as much money or last quite as long as many lawmakers and the Obama administration would have liked. Nor does it resolve how to pay for transportation programs in the long term.

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