Transportation amendment in the works

Senate Transportation Chairman John McGee said work is proceeding on amendments to transportation legislation. “We are getting very close to having an amendment ready to go,” he said. “I really think the Senate’s going to pass something.” House GOP leaders are sitting back and waiting. “We haven’t seen anything from the Senate,” said Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star. Said House GOP Caucus Chairman Ken Roberts, R-Donnelly, “They need to go through the gyrations that this house went through for the last two years. … We don’t have a vote yet on what the Senate’s willing to do on transportation.”

Monday is the earliest possible time the Senate could go into its amending order to amend transportation bills now awaiting action there.