Transportation Bill Clears Big Committee Hurdle.

The House version of the water bill is for $50 billion and passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the early part of the 19-hour markup. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is lobbying the House Democratic leadership to bring a floor vote under regular order and not under the reconciliation process. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved 38-26 a $547 billion surface transportation bill early Thursday with the support of only two Republicans. [Extracted from the article]