In the Wall Street Journal today, Senator Jim Demint weighs in on the Highway Bill:
...Circulating now are two competing highway bills that both increase spending and force new multibillion-dollar bailouts. The Senate bill spends $109 billion over two years and includes a $12 billion bailout of the trust fund. The House bill spends $260 billion over five years and includes a $50 billion bailout. Is this bipartisan spending spree what voters asked for in 2010?
A serious highway bill would at least live within the means of the highway trust fund. But Republicans and Democrats have surrendered to the status quo of unsustainable spending...
Full article : http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204795304577223421060960612.html
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