WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. With Senate Democrats and Republicans having reached an agreement to advance a national transportation funding bill that would protect public transit, highways, and jobs in Illinois and across the country, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed House Republican leaders to take up the Senate’s bipartisan compromise that will create and protect millions of jobs nationwide while preventing crippling cuts to Illinois’ highways and public transit agencies. Reports suggest that the Senate’s transportation compromise could pass the chamber and be sent to the House as early as next week.
